Putin: The U.S. is offensive and aggressive, Russia must stop it with nuclear forces

Both the US and NATO have been “accelerating construction of infrastructure in Europe”, the Russian leader said Friday, referring to Washington's latest defence strategy, Putin said. He added that it was the next “offensive... speaking in diplomatic language”.

And if we switch to military language, then its character is definitely aggressive,” the Russian president stressed speaking at a meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry, reports “RT” Transmission Periscope.

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Putin noted that with NATO's establishment in Europe, the US has violated the 1987 Treaty for the elimination of intermediate missiles and short-range missiles.

“Formically”, America's missile defence missiles now distributed in Poland are intended to counter threats”, he said. The question is, and specialists know it very well, these launchers can also be used with the existing sea navigation missiles, with the flight distance of 2,500km [1,550 miles]. While the longest missiles released by the sea, they can easily move to land,” added Putin.

Russia's defence ministry “should take into account” Western military tactics”, Putin said, adding that “Russia has a sovereign right and all possibilities that are adequate and in time react to such potential threats”.

“There are attempts to undermine strategic equality through the deployment of global missile defence systems and other “systems, the Russian leader said of military officials. At the moment, Russia's strategic nuclear forces are a reliable obstacle to such military construction, he added.. /Periscopi/