Russia will continue to demonstrate its strength in the field of strategic weapons in order to “cool down hotheads” in the West, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, commenting on the tests of the “Sarmat” missile system that took place earlier this week.

This is according to the authors of the russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti.

“We must confidently, calmly, firmly, and responsibly demonstrate our capabilities to cool down ‘hotheads,’ so to speak, of whom there are many and who, especially along the western perimeter of our borders, are playing with various ‘nuclear umbrella’ concepts,” the official said.

This refers to the “nuclear umbrella” strategy in Europe, which the US has provided since 1954, shielding the continent’s countries from potential aggression by neighbors.

According to Ryabkov, russia is doing everything it can in the security sphere to ensure that its citizens “are confident that they are not under any threat.”

“And so that no one with a fevered mind, dreaming of victory over great Russia, gets the idea that now is the moment to test their strength. They will get what’s coming to them. No umbrellas will save them,” the Deputy Foreign Minister stated.

On May 12, Commander of the russian Strategic Missile Forces Sergey Karakayev reported to russian dictator vladimir putin on the successful launch of the “Sarmat,” after which the head of the terrorist state once again promised to put the missiles on combat duty. However, there was no reaction from Western leaders to such statements.

Putin called the missile “the most powerful in the world,” which has been under development since 2013; Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev “congratulated” the “Western friends” on the launch; and russian television propaganda spent more than a day praising the “Sarmat” in its news broadcasts.

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