Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned the U.S. that if they will have new missiles in Europe, the Kremlin will respond not only an attack on the siting of the missiles, but also on America itself.
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— The President Of Russia (@KremlinRussia) February 20, 2019
About Putin said during annual address to the Federal Assembly, referring to the U.S. withdrawal from the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty). The Russian President noted that Russia will have to put their weapons to confront the Arsenal of the United States, as to those missiles, which the States plan to place in Europe, it takes only 10-12 minutes to get to Moscow.
«This is a very serious threat to us, and we will have to answer», — said Putin and added:
«I will say today openly and directly to one of us then in no way been called that all was clear in advance what is in question here. Russia will be forced to create and deploy weapons that can be used not only in relation to those territories, which for us will be based on an explicit threat, but for those areas where there are centers of decision making».
Russia wants to have friendly and equal relations with the United States, defensive actions are retaliatory in nature
— The President Of Russia (@KremlinRussia) February 20, 2019
Earlier, the US announced its withdrawal from the Treaty on nuclear medium-range missiles of 1987, because, according to us authorities, Russia broke it.
The Pact, signed by then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev banned the production and testing of cruise and ballistic land-based missiles with ranges of 310 to 3410 miles.
Putin denied that Moscow had violated the agreement.
#The INF Treaty: the United States violated articles 4 and 6 of the Treaty, Russia is not going to be the first to deploy missiles in Europe
— The President Of Russia (@KremlinRussia) February 20, 2019
He said that Moscow will not initiate confrontation, but will continue to develop weapons systems to ensure that they will be able to respond to provocation from the United States.
«Let’s count the range and speed of our most promising weapons systems. We ask only this: let the first will count, and only then make decisions which can create additional serious threats to our country and, of course, will lead to retaliatory action on the part of Russia», — said the President of the Russian Federation.
