Russia conducted a successful test of a missile with a nuclear power plant "Petrel", Putin said. Two days earlier, the Kremlin denied this

Putin said that successful tests of the Burevetnik missile with a nuclear power plant have been completed.

“We practically finished work on modern types of strategic weapons that I spoke about, and which I announced a few years ago. The last successful test of the “Petrel” was carried out - a winged global range with a motor nuclear installation. ”

Earlier, The New York Times wrote that the rocket launches noticed signs of activity. Then the publication reported that Russia may plan to test a rocket with a nuclear charge or have already experienced it. The same data around the launch site at the Russian nuclear landfill in the Arctic were observed before earlier tests of the "Petrel".

As noted by the "cold" publication, two days before this statement, the Kremlin denied such tests. “I don’t know where the New York Times,” Peskov answered the question of testing.