Russia could take further nuclear deterrent measures if the United States deploys missiles in Europe and Asia

Russia may take further measures in the field of nuclear deterrence if the United States deploys short- and medium-range missiles in Europe and Asia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state news agency RIA.

The RIA referred to US plans, announced in April, to deploy missiles in the Indo-Pacific region in response to what Washington sees as increasing Chinese militarization.

Such deployments would previously have been banned under the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, which the United States formally withdrew from in 2019 after claiming Moscow was violating the agreement, an accusation that the Kremlin denied it.

Moscow has long warned that it would abandon its proposed moratorium after the expiration of the treaty on the deployment of short- and medium-range missiles if Washington goes ahead with plans to deploy such missiles in Asia and Europe.

Lavrov told RIA that Russia may also have to take other measures.

“We do not rule out further measures in the field of nuclear deterrence, as our command centers and locations of our nuclear forces will be within range of US missiles,” Lavrov said.

Source: Terra

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