While speaking in a television documentary he has apparently said that he was prepared to use nuclear weapons to gain the territory "if necessary".
Brushing aside any clarification on his absence of 10-days, President Putin has ordered a range of military exercises in which Russia's entire Northern Fleet would participate. The fleet consists of 40,000 troops, more than 41 warships, 15 submarines and 110 aircraft.
President Putin met Kyrgyzstan leader Almazbek Atambayev in St Petersburg and appeared to be in good health. The five days drills is expected to be one of the Kremlin's biggest displays of military power since the Ukraine crisis which resulted in deterioration in relations with the West to depths that have not been seen since the Cold War. The Northern Fleet stands in full combat readiness in Russia's Arctic north and observers feel the exercise is aimed at dwarfing military drills in neighboring Norway which is a member of NATO.
Incidentally, Norway is conducting its "Joint Viking" drills that involve 5,000 troops in Finnmark, a county bordering Russia in the resource-rich Arctic Circle where both countries are vying for influence. The Olso government has clarified that its military drills had been planned before the Ukraine crisis.
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