The diplomat suggested that we could talk about reactivating the air base with American nuclear weapons in the UK. At the same time, according to Gatilov, there is information about the possibility of sending weapons to the Baltic states.
“All this creates a tense environment. We are monitoring developments in this direction. Of course, if this is so, Russia will be forced to react to this accordingly,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
On January 26, the British newspaper The Telegraph, citing the Pentagon Papers, reported that the United States was planning to deploy nuclear weapons in Great Britain for the first time in 15 years. According to the publication, the warheads are planned to be placed at the Royal Air Force Lakenheath airbase.
The Pentagon subsequently refused to confirm or deny such plans.
As Moscow recalled, the United States has been deploying its nuclear weapons on the territory of five NATO member countries for many years.