BBC News

Russia has rehearsed its ability to deliver a “massive” nuclear strike, the Kremlin says.

The military exercise involved delivering a “response to an enemy nuclear strike”, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

State TV showed him recounting the rehearsal to President Vladimir Putin.

It comes as Russia’s parliament backed the withdrawal of Moscow’s ratification of a global treaty that bans all physical testing of nuclear warheads.

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