India, Oct. 22 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Moscow's nuclear forces on the triad of land, sea and air as the war in Ukraine is seeing no end in sight.

According to the reports in the Russian media, the drills were conducted for the forces to rehearse their readiness and command structure.

The Kremlin said in a statement that "the exercise tested the level of preparedness of the military command and the practical skills of the operational personnel in organising the control of subordinate forces. " It added that "all exercise tasks were completed."

The test included the launch of a land-based "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile from a cosmodrome, the launch of a "Sineva" ballistic missile from...