Ukraine took off military alert nearly all 46 of its SS-24 strategic missles, the most sophisticated in the former Soviet nuclear arsenal, Reuter reports from Kiev.
'The process of deactivisation is nearly complete,' a defence ministry spokesman said. Each missile holds 10 nuclear warheads, all of which were directed at the United States.
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