Russia announces new nuclear missile ready to launch by end of year
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“In a televised announcement on May, 12, Vladimir #Putin announced the Sarmat would be ready for combat by the end of the year.”
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The claim is reported by multiple independent sources. France24 and Al Jazeera both explicitly state that Putin announced the Sarmat missile would be ready for combat/enter combat service by the end of the year.
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— Putin said that the Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year.Putin said the Sarmat was capable of suborbital flight, giving it a range exceeding 35,000km (21,750 miles), and cl…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/13/putin-hails-russias…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/13/putin-hails-russias…
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— The RS-28 Sarmat, often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian silo-based, liquid-fueled, HGV-capable and FOBS-capable super-heavy intercontinental ballistic m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat
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— Putin announced that Sarmat would soon be placed on combat duty back in 2023. A series of failed tests in 2024, however, has kept that from happening. At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/12/russia-says-sarmat-miss…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/12/russia-says-sarmat-miss…
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“This comes a few days after he said the war in #Ukraine was close to an end.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists entirely of search results for a fictional TV series titled 'Vladimir'. There is no evidence provided in the search results or cross-references regarding Vladimir Putin's statements about the war in Ukraine being close to an end.
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— Mar 23, 2026 · Become obsessed with Vladimir, the eight-episode adaptation of the critically acclaimed, bestselling novel of the same name by Julia May Jonas. Rachel Weisz, John Slattery, and Leo Wood…
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/vladimir-series-annou…
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/vladimir-series-annou…
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— Vladimir is an American comedy drama television limited series starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall. It is an adaptation of the Julia May Jonas book of the same name.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_(TV_series)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_(TV_series)
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— Vladimir: With Rachel Weisz, Leo Woodall, Jessica Henwick, Ellen Robertson. A woman's life spirals as she develops an obsession with her alluring coworker. Her determination to make her fantasies real…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt35997699/
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt35997699/
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