Russia successfully conducts nuclear missile test...President Putin hints at possibility of resuming nuclear tests

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the 5th (local time) that Russia had successfully tested the nuclear-powered cruise missile ``Brebesnik.'' Furthermore, there is a possibility that nuclear tests will be resumed for the first time in 30 years.
By sending out the message that there is a possibility, he clearly showed his intention to reverse the unfavorable situation in the Ururaina War. According to foreign media such as Reuters, President Putin visited Russia on the same day.
At the plenary session of the International Russia Experts Association ``Baluda International Discussion Club'' held in the southern city of Sochi, it was announced that ``the final test of the Brebesnik strategic cruise missile was successful.''
He also emphasized that ``the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat, another next-generation nuclear weapon, is almost complete.''
President Putin also mentioned the possibility of resuming nuclear tests. He said, ``Theoretically, nuclear tests are possible only if ratification of the Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty is withdrawn,'' and ``in practice.
"We are not yet ready to declare that we will resume testing, but in principle we could act as if the United States had signed but not ratified the treaty."
In relation to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which was resolved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, the United States only signed it in 1996 but did not ratify it.
I picked it up. Russia, on the other hand, signed it in 1996 and ratified it in 2000. President Putin then slammed the West for supporting Ukraine. He said, ``In Ukraine we are
We have not started a ``war''. Instead, we tried to end it," and shifted the blame for the war to the West, saying, "The United States sparked the Ukraine crisis by supporting the 2014 coup."
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