The Daily Mail reported that footage of a huge freight train carrying specialized military equipment linked to the Russian Defense Ministry’s Department of Nuclear Weapons has been tracked, raising fears that the conflict could be escalated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces.

It said: “In a video posted by the pro-Russian Rybar channel on the Telegram app, a group of BPM-97 armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles were seen driving through central Russia to allow their occupants to operate effectively in the face of constant pedestrian attacks. .

This specialized department stores, maintains and supplies weapons for the Strategic Missile Forces, the Russian military unit that controls nuclear missiles and is a key component of Putin’s nuclear program.

“The deployment of such units could signal an imminent escalation of the conflict by a belligerent Russian president, or serve as a prelude to a large-scale nuclear exercise,” said military analyst Konrad Musika.

This comes at a time when NATO has warned member states that the state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine Belgorod has abandoned its base in the White Sea.

Such advanced military equipment, rarely seen on the front lines in Ukraine, is said to be the property of the 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry.