In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is test-fired from the Plesetsk launch facility in northwestern Russia as part of drills of Russia's nuclear forces. (AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches, an exercise that came as his planned summit on Ukraine with US President Donald Trump was put on hold.

The Kremlin said that as part of the maneuvers involving all parts of Moscow’s nuclear triad, a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was test-fired from the Plesetsk launch facility in northwestern Russia, and a Sineva ICBM was launched by a submarine in the Barents Sea. The drills also involved

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