"The purpose of the exercises is to maintain the readiness of personnel and equipment of units for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons of Russia and Belarus, in order to unconditionally ensure the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Union State," the ministry said on Tuesday. Could."

In the first phase of the exercises, Russian forces conducted combat training operations involving the Iskander operational-tactical missile system, specifically equipping launch vehicles with ammunition, Xinhua news agency reported.

Russian Aerospace Forces conducted exercises involving Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles.