“Indeed, there are certain issues in connection with the development of rocket technologies in the world and with restrictions that only the United States and the Soviet Union have taken upon themselves and, accordingly, the Russian Federation today ... We are concerned that the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems has been eliminated, now we are talking about the Treaty on Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, then the fate of START-3 is unclear ... If all this is dismantled, then nothing will remain in the sphere of limiting the growth of armaments. he declared.
According to the president, then the situation will be extremely dangerous.
“There is nothing left but an arms race ... The main question is what they will do with these newly emerging missiles. If they are delivered to Europe, then naturally we will have to respond mirror. European countries that agree with this, if it comes to that, will have to understand that they are putting their own territory at risk of a possible retaliatory strike, ”he stressed.
Putin noted that he sees no reason to bring Europe to such a high degree of danger.
At the same time, he pointed out that the United States did not provide any evidence of violations by the Russian INF Treaty, but they themselves had already violated it.
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