Russia says it is no longer obligated to surplus intermediaries – national

Russia has announced that it no longer considers itself binding on the approval of a self -imposition of the deployment of the intermediary domain missiles capable of nuclear weapons, a warning that may pave the way for the new arms race while tensions between Moscow and Washington again over Ukraine.

In a statement on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry linked the decision of the efforts made by the United States and its allies to develop and spread wide weapons in Europe and other parts of the world. It was specifically cited plans to deploy Typhoon and Dark Eagle missiles in Germany starting next year.

The ministry noted that such measures by the United States and its allies create “destabilizing missile potential” near RussiaHe created a “direct threat to our country’s security” and carried “great harmful consequences for regional and global stability, including the dangerous escalation of tensions between nuclear forces.”

He did not mention what the specific moves could take by the Kremlin, but President Vladimir Putin had previously announced that Moscow was planning to deploy new Orchinik missiles on the lands of its neighbor and ally, Belarus, later this year.

When asked about where and when Russia could spread medium -range weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it is not something to be announced in advance.

“Russia no longer has any restrictions, Russia no longer considers itself restricted to anything,” Peskov told reporters. “So Russia believes that it has the right to take relevant steps if necessary.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “Decisions will be taken regarding specific criteria from the response measures through the leadership of the Russian Federation based on a multiple -administrative analysis of the American missile deployment group and other intermediate wild missiles, in addition to developing the general situation in the field of international security and strategic stability.”

The Russian statement follows President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he orders the re-placement of two American nuclear submarines “based on the intense provocative data” of Dmitry Medvedev, who was president in 2008-12 to allow Putin, obligated to limit the period, to return to the office later. Trump’s statement came on the deadline for Craclein to reach a peace agreement in Ukraine later this week.

Trump said he was anxious about Medvedev’s position. Medvedev, who is the Vice -President of the Russian Security Council headed by Putin, seems to seek to prefer his teacher by making provocative data and hitting nuclear threats often. Last week. Rossia’s deadline for accepting a peace agreement in Ukraine or facing sanctions by warning him of “playing a warning game with Russia” and declaring that “every new warning is a threat and a step towards war.”

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Medvedev also commented on the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and described Moscow’s withdrawal from standing as “the result of the policy of NATO countries.”

“This is a new fact that all our opponents should count,” wrote on X. “Expect more steps.”

Medium -range missiles can fly between 500 to 5500 km (310 to 3400 miles). Such wild weapons were banned under the 1987 -range nuclear forces treaty. Washington and Moscow abandoned the agreement in 2019, accusing each other of violations, but Moscow announced that its self -imposed endowment on their deployment until the United States would take this step.

The collapse of the Inf Treaty has neglected fears of the restoration of the European Cold War missile crisis, when the United States and the Soviet Union deployed medium -range missiles on the continent in the 1980s. Such weapons are seen as a particularly destabilizing because they take less time to reach targets, compared to intercontinental ballistic missiles, do not leave any time to decision makers and increase the possibility of a global nuclear conflict over a wrong launch warning.

The head of the Russian missile forces announced that the new intermediate intermediary missile in Oreshnik, which Russia used for the first time against Ukraine in November, has a scope to reach Europe. Oreshnik can carry traditional or nuclear warheads.

Putin praised the capabilities of Uchnik, saying that his multiple warheads that retreat from the goal of the speeds that reach Mach 10 are immune to its objection and strength that the use of many of them in one traditional blow may be devastating such as the nuclear attack.

Putin has warned the West that Moscow could use it against NATO allies in Ukraine who allowed Kiev to use their long -term missiles to hit Russia.

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