During a meeting with members of Russia's security council, President Vladimir Putin unequivocally stated that Russia has no intentions of deploying nuclear weapons in space. The Kremlin, addressing the issue on Friday, highlighted Putin's dismissal of what it termed as "false allegations" propagated by certain Western officials regarding Russia's alleged plans for space-based nuclear armament.
These assertions were reiterated in Putin's annual State of the Nation address, where he denounced such claims as baseless and fabricated narratives orchestrated by the West. According to reports from Xinhua news agency, Putin characterized these allegations as part of a strategy aimed at coercing Russia into negotiations that would primarily serve the interests of the United States.
The remarks from the Kremlin come in response to a flurry of Western media reports suggesting that US intelligence sources have uncovered evidence indicating Russia's involvement in the development of nuclear weapons for space deployment.
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