Russia has threatened to strike British military facilities and said it will hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about getting more involved in the war in Ukraine.

Moscow warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with UK-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory strikes on British military facilities.

This marks the first time that Russia has publicly announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons.

An American soldier has been arrested there on allegations of stealing. US officials told the Associated Press that Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Texas but had traveled to Russia.

Rebecca Grant, a national security analyst joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow to discuss the developments amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

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