Deployment of US weapons - Kremlin spokesperson threatens response to missile stationing
The Kremlin has threatened the West with a harsh reaction to the stationing of extended American weapons in Europe. "Naturally," Moscow will respond to this stationing, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told a Russian television journalist in response to the question. "There has always been the paradoxical situation: The USA has rockets of various ranges and calibers stationed, and these traditionally aimed at our country." In turn, Russia has targeted its rockets at targets in Europe.
"Our country is in the crosshairs of American rockets in Europe," Peskov was further quoted by TASS. "We have been through this before, it has happened before." But Russia has the ability to deter these rockets. "However, the potential victims are the capitals of these countries," Peskov added ominously.
At the margins of the NATO summit in Washington this week, it became known that from 2026, the USA plans to station weapons systems in Germany again that reach as far as Russia. Among them should be Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers, which can technically be nuclear-armed, as well as SM-6 air defense missiles and newly developed hypersonic weapons. Russia and China reacted angrily to the announcement.
The United States of America's decision to station extended weapons, including Tomahawk cruise missiles and SM-6 air defense missiles, in Germany from 2026, has sparked strong reactions from Russia. Moscow, through its spokesperson Dmitri Peskov, expressed concern that these weapons could reach as far as Russia, echoing past tensions. Peskov also mentioned the Kremlin's threat of a harsh response to such stationing, reiterating the historical paradox of American missiles aimed at Russian territory.
