Putin Warns Russia Will Respond to US Missile Deployment in Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Sunday that Russia could deploy new missile systems in response to a planned US missile deployment to Germany and warned of a Cold War-style incident.
Earlier this month, the US announced it would deploy missiles to Germany in 2026 that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which prohibited land-based missile systems with a range between 310 and 3,400 miles.
The US withdrew from the treaty in 2019, but Putin said Russia has maintained a unilateral moratorium on the deployment of missiles prohibited by the treaty. He said that could change in response to the US deployment.
