White House ready to reach agreement with Russia on non-deployment of missiles in Ukraine

“Russia says it feels threatened by the prospect of deploying offensive missile systems in Ukraine.

As President Biden told President Putin, the US has no intention of doing so.

So this is one of the issues where we may come to an understanding if Russia is ready to take on reciprocal obligations, ”he said during the briefing, quoted by RIA Novosti.

In December, Vladimir Putin called the further NATO advance eastward and the deployment of offensive weapons on Ukrainian territory as red lines for Moscow.

Then he stressed that otherwise Russia will have to "create something similar in relation to those who threaten it so."

The Russian President also noted that with the appearance of NATO infrastructure in Ukraine, the flight time of missiles will be reduced to seven to ten minutes.