The USA's plan to station long-distance robots in Germany continues to stir up bad blood in Russia.
The Kremlin's spokesperson, Dmitrij Peskov, says in a Russian TV interview that the robots in the long run threaten several European cities.
We have sufficient capacity to take out these robots, but the potential victims are the capitals of the countries from which the robots are fired, he says and calls the situation paradoxical.
Our robots are directed towards Europe, our country is the target for the USA's robots in Europe.
Already when the USA announced its plans last week to strengthen NATO's military capacity in Europe, and thus place Tomahawk-type cruise missiles in Germany, Russia warned that it could lead to a new cold war.
On Friday, Russia's Defense Minister, Andrej Belousov, spoke with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, and emphasized the importance of reducing the risk of a "possible escalation", according to the Russian Defense Department.
