Russia's use of nuclear weapons 'is practically zero,' a nuclear expert told Newsweek.
Members of the Freedom of Russia Legion, formed mere weeks into Russian President's"special military operation" he launched on Ukraine last February, is made up of former Russian army members in addition to other Russian and Belarusian volunteers not previously part of military factions.
The Russian city of Kozinka was seized in the region—taken by members of the legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps . Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician and political representative for the group, toldAndriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence directorate, said during a telethon on Monday that the Russian facility is known as military unit No.
This photograph taken on November 6, 2022, shows a destroyed administrative building in the Russian town of Murom, close to the border with Ukraine and about 35 kilometers outside of Belgorod, after shelling from the Ukrainian side according to local witnesses. Reports indicate that Russia removed nuclear munitions from a facility there Monday due to defectors taking over settlements.
via email on Monday that he is more than"99 percent certain" that if the report is true, the withdrawal was conducted for the safety of the weapons—adding that Russian use of them"is practically zero."
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