Russia will begin production of medium- and shorter-range missile systems. This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The USSR and the USA agreed on the elimination of this class of weapons in December 1987. By June 1991, the parties destroyedall complexes of ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles of medium (1000-5500 km) and shorter (500-1000 km) range.
The department claims that the resumption of production “will not take much time.” Diplomats call this a response to “recent bellicose statements by Western officials,” the supply of “increasingly advanced weapons” to Ukraine, as well as “direct assistance in terrorist actions against Russia carried out by the Kyiv regime.”
According to representatives of the Foreign Ministry, the United States “openly and clearly took the path of deploying ground-based systems with medium- and shorter-range missiles in various regions of the world.” This supposedly “indicates that production and "run-in" These weapons are in full swing.”
Diplomats also called the imminent appearance of American F-16 fighters in Ukraine a “misdirected provocation.” The department called them “dual-equipped platforms — non-nuclear and nuclear.”
“Aircraft of this type have for many years formed the basis of the aircraft fleet, which is used in the so-called “joint nuclear missions” NATO. “Regardless of what specific modification these aircraft will be supplied in, we will perceive them as carriers of nuclear weapons,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Today, May 6, the Ministry of Defense announced exercises with tactical nuclear weapons in response to “provocative statements and threats from Western officials.” The Foreign Ministry called them a “sobering signal” that would “cool down the ‘hot heads’.” in Western capitals.»