European capitals could become targets, warns Moscow

Photo: Pavel Byrkins Agence France-Presse “Europe is a target for our missiles, our country is a target for American missiles in Europe.”

France Media Agency in Moscow

Posted at 11:07 a.m.

• Europe

The decision announced this week to deploy long-range US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles, and victims of a confrontation between Washington and Moscow, the President said on Saturday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

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“Europe is a target for our missiles, our country is a target for American missiles in Europe. We've been through this before, we've been through it. We have the capacity to contain these missiles, but the potential victims are the capitals of these European countries,” he said, referring to the decision by Washington and Berlin to deploy different types of long-range American missiles in Germany in 2026.

At the NATO summit, Washington and Berlin announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that the United States would “begin episodic deployments “long-range fire capabilities” in Germany in 2026, citing SM-6 missiles, Tomahawk missiles and hypersonic weapons under development, which will increase the range of capabilities currently deployed in Europe.

This will “demonstrate the United States’ commitment to NATO and its contribution to an integrated European deterrent,” according to the joint communiqué.

The announcement was denounced by the Kremlin as a form of return to the “cold war”, and the defense ministers of the two nuclear powers spoke on Friday to discuss “reducing the risk of an escalation”, of after Moscow, while Washington insisted on this occasion on “the importance of maintaining lines of communication”.

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