I would not exaggerate their capabilities: Reznikov expresses doubts about Russia's nuclear weapons

The official said this during a telethon on May 1.

According to him, the weapons that Russia received in the 1990s are already outdated, and the aggressor country does not produce new ones. Therefore, Reznikov considers Russia's nuclear blackmail a bluff.

"They (the Russians - ed.) could have upgraded and extended it (the service life - ed.), but formally, the expiration date had already passed back then. In addition, many components were manufactured by Ukrainian plants, and we no longer help them," Reznikov said.

He recalled that Russia's last nuclear weapons test was in 1998 at a test site in Kazakhstan.

"So we do not know whether it is effective and whether it will work at all," the minister said.

"I would not exaggerate their capabilities," he added.

• Russia failed to test a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile during US President Joe Biden's visit to Kyiv in February 2023.