The government of Russia He referred this Saturday to the decision announced in the framework of the NATO Summit on the deployment of long-range US missiles in Germany and warned that can turn European capitals into military targets for the Russian armyrepeating a confrontation like that of the Cold War.
“Europe is in the crosshairs of our missiles”. Our country is in the crosshairs of US missiles deployed in Europe. We have already been through this,” he said. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov who maintains that they have “enough potential to contain these missiles.”
In this regard, he said: “The potential victims are the capitals of European countries.” Moscow’s warning comes days after the US announced the deployment of long-range missiles in Germany by 2026.
According to Peskov, this is a “paradoxical situation” inherited from previous eras. “The US used to deploy these types of missiles, of various kinds, with different ranges, but traditionally targeting our country. We, in turn, chose European targets for ours,” he explained.
US to permanently station missiles in Germany
During the NATO summitWashington and Berlin announced that they will begin the targeted deployment of long-range US missiles in Germany in 2026.
In the joint statement, the two nations mentioned that this plan includes the deployment of SM-6 missiles, Tomahawk missiles and hypersonic weapons in developmentwhich will increase the range of the missiles currently deployed in Europe.
According to him German Chancellor Olaf Scholzit is a “very good decision” to maintain that there is “an incredible accumulation of weapons in Russia that threaten European territory.” He also points out that there are no fears of an escalation with Moscow.
The Kremlin’s response was not long in coming and, the next day, it condemned the decision, which it criticized as a “back to the Cold War”. Russian defense ministers Andrei Belousov and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin spoke by phone to discuss reducing the risk of a “possible escalation,” Moscow said Friday.
The Pentagon stressed “the importance of maintaining lines of communication” with Russia, amid the conflict in Ukraine, supported by Western powers since Moscow launched a military operation in February 2022.
Source: Ambito
