Russia's armed forces began military exercises in Siberia on Wednesday, which include the deployment of nuclear-capable Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The news came directly from the Kremlin, from where they specified that the exercise was part of the program of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense added on its official website that the missile formations in Omsk and Novosibirsk will take part in the exercise.

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More than 3,000 military personnel and nearly 300 military installations will be included in the exercise, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed.

The Yars missiles can fly a distance of up to 11,000 km and be equipped with nuclear warheads, notes

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