Vladimir Putin puts nuclear forces on alert
Russia's president is putting nuclear forces on heightened alert. He says the reason is NATO's "aggressive behavior" and economic sanctions.
Olivia Miller 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the country's nuclear forces on heightened alert in the war with Ukraine. "I am instructing the defense minister and the chief of general staff to put the Russian army's deterrent forces on special combat readiness," Putin said in a televised meeting with senior military officials. The reasons, he said, were NATO's aggressive behavior and economic sanctions. The so-called Russian deterrent forces may include nuclear weapons.
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