"I am instructing the foreign ministry, the defence ministry, the special services and relevant civilian agencies to do everything possible to collect additional information on the issue, analyse it at the [Russian] security council and make agreed proposals on the possible start of work on the preparation of nuclear weapons tests."
"Gerasimov added if not the "opportunities for a timely response to the actions of the United States will be lost, since the time required to prepare for nuclear tests, depending on their type, ranges from several months to several years."
"The nuclear test will be conducted at Russia's Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic and could be done at short notice. However, over the past week Russia has stepped up their nuclear exercises and tests of the Burevestnik missile and the Poseidon underwater drone that can create a "radioactive tidal wave.""
Vladimir Putin announced plans for Russia to detonate a nuclear bomb as part of a weapons test, potentially the first since the Soviet Union's fall. Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said preparing for full-scale nuclear tests is advisable, and Putin ordered ministries, security services, and civilian agencies to collect information and propose preparation steps. The test is slated for Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic and could occur at short notice. Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov urged appropriate measures and warned delays would forfeit timely responses to US actions. Russia has increased nuclear exercises and tested the Burevestnik missile and Poseidon underwater drone.
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