“We have already publicly stated that we will not deploy, after the Americans tested such a missile, we will not deploy it - and we will produce the same missiles, of course, - in those regions where American missile systems will not appear production of a similar ground-based class, ”he said.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow invited NATO members to join the moratorium on the deployment of INF.

On August 21, Putin commented on a U.S. test of a non-nuclear ground-based cruise missile that was banned by the INF Treaty.

Later, the head of state instructed to analyze the level of threat in connection with the US test.

The Kremlin emphasized that Russia has begun preparing a response to Washington in connection with the rocket test.

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