The evacuation of a Russian military village has been linked to Vladimir Putin’s tests of new lethal hypersonic missile. Around 500 locals in Nyonoksa were told they were living in a “danger zone” and advised to leave their homes for a 36-hour period.
Seven people - five employees of Rosatom nuclear corporation and two Defence Ministry staff - died in an explosion of a nuclear-powered engine last year, linked to a ‘doomsday weapon’ at nearby Nyonoksa military test range. “The evacuation, presumably, is associated with the final tests of the new Zircon hypersonic missile,” reported pro-Kremlin Tsargrad online news source.
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