He said this in an interview with Die Weltwoche.
“Putin's problem is the US missile bases already established in Romania and Poland, as well as the possible expansion of NATO into Ukraine and Georgia in order to deploy weapons there.
In addition, the Americans canceled important disarmament treaties.
That is why Putin could no longer sleep peacefully at night,” the politician said.
Orban noted that he understands Putin's arguments, but he does not accept the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine.
In 2021, the Russian president recalled the entry of Poland and Romania into NATO, after which the United States "easily agreed with them on the deployment of missile defense systems there."
At the same time, the launchers of these systems can be used for strike systems that reach Moscow in 15 minutes, Putin stressed.
As the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, noted, the negative impact of US missile defense on Russia's military security required the development of means to neutralize such threats.