A Russian deserter has revealed Vladimir Putin's nuclear bases have been on "full combat alert" for more than two years and "were ready to launch" devastating strikes. Anton, who was an officer at a top-secret nuclear weapons facility in Russia , has remarkably revealed on the day of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the base he was serving at was ready to carry out a nuclear attack. Despite only having exercises up until the Ukraine invasion, on the day the war started, Russia was