Putin is meeting defense minister Shoigu and chief of general staff Gerasimov in the Kremlin.
He says western sanctions are "illegitimate" and has ordered to place Russia's deterrence – i.e. nuclear – forces on "a special regime of duty," per @tass_agency
He says western sanctions are "illegitimate" and has ordered to place Russia's deterrence – i.e. nuclear – forces on "a special regime of duty," per @tass_agency
@tass_agency Putin: "Western countries aren't only taking unfriendly economic actions against our country, but leaders of major Nato countries are making aggressive statements about our country. So I order to move Russia's deterrence forces to a special regime of duty."
@tass_agency This isn't the first time this week Shoigu has looked visibly uncomfortable at the orders he's taking from Putin
@tass_agency From one of the top experts on Russia's nuclear deterrent
https://twitter.com/russianforces/status/1497926329844568073
Naturally Putin was sitting a healthy 15 feet away from Shoigu and Gerasimov at the end of a ridiculously long table when he told them to get the nukes out 
Zelensky also met with his defense minister today. But the vibe was rather different
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