Putin threatens US with Cold War-like crisis if it sends missiles to Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States on Sunday that if Washington deploys long-range missiles in Germany, Russia will place similar missiles there. West’s attack distance.

“If the United States implements such plans (sending long-range weapons to Germany), we will consider ourselves free from the previously assumed unilateral moratorium on the deployment of medium and short range attack weapons“The development of several of these systems is in the final stages,” Vladimir Putin said from a platform set up for the naval parade.

The White House announced this month that the United States will begin operating in Germany from 2026. gradual deployment of their weapons within the framework of the Multi-Domain Working Group. “This situation is reminiscent of the events of the Cold War associated with the deployment of US Pershing medium-range missiles in Europe,” he said.

Russia is in the final stages of developing short- and medium-range missile systems that will be deployed in response to the shipment of American long-range weapons to Germany. Putin said Russia will deploy its weapons systems based on “the actions of the United States and its satellites in Europe and other regions of the world.”

When US weapons are fully developed, these long-range conventional fire units will include SM-6, Tomahawk and hypersonic weaponswhich have a significantly greater range than those currently used in Europe.

According to the Russian president, the range of these missiles, which in the future can be equipped with nuclear weaponsthere will be important Russian military and civilian facilities. Putin stressed that earlier, during exercises, the United States had already practiced the transfer of missile systems from its territory to Denmark and the Philippines.