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Russian deserter reveals war secrets of guarding nuclear base

Anton was an officer at a top-secret nuclear weapons facility in Russia.

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by BBC NEWS

World26 November 2024 - 09:18
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In Summary


  • Three days after troops poured over Ukraine’s borders, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces had been ordered into a “special mode of combat service”.
  • Anton says that combat alert was in place on day one of the war and claims his unit was “shut inside the base”.
A ballistic missile on a nuclear base in Russia

On the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Anton says the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert.

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