Pentagon: Russia's deployment of cruise missiles threatens NATO

The US Department of Defense has accused Russia of deploying a ground -based cruise missile system that violates an arbitration reduction agreement. According to the Vice-Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Paul Selva, Moscow’s actions represent the risk for most NATO objects in Europe. What missiles are we talking about, the military leader did not specify.

In mid -February, The New York Times wrote that Russia has deployed a new system of cruise missiles in violation of an agreement on the elimination of medium and smaller missiles concluded in 1987 by the United States and the USSR. The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov rejected the publication . According to him, Russia "remains committed to its international obligations."

The perpetual agreement on the elimination of medium and short -range missiles entered into force on June 1, 1988. The United States and the USSR, and after Russia as its successor, pledged not to produce and not test the ballistic and cruise missiles of the ground -based range from 500 to 5500 kilometers.