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Putin boasts he can hit enemies with an ‘unpreventable strike’

Mail Foreign Service

VLADIMIR Putin boasted yesterday that Russia had the power to launch an ‘unpreventable strike’ against its enemies in a show of strength following the confrontation with Britain in the Black Sea.

The Russian president told a navy day parade in St Petersburg: ‘We are capable of detecting any underwater, abovewater, airborne enemy and, if required, carry out an unpreventable strike.’

It comes as military officials announced tests of advanced new weapons – some of which come from an arsenal Mr Putin has described as ‘invincible’. He added: ‘The

Russian navy today has everything it needs to guarantee the protection of our country and our national interests.’

His words follow last month’s incident when Russia said it fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British warship to chase it from Crimean waters. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Britain rejected Moscow’s account and said it believed any shots were a pre-announced Russian ‘gunnery exercise’ and there were no bombs.

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