MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the West of pushing Russia to its “purple strains” – conditions it has publicly made clear it is not going to tolerate – and mentioned Moscow had been pressured to reply.
Putin informed a gathering of defence officers that Russia was watching the U.S. growth and potential deployment of quick and medium-range missiles with concern.
He mentioned Russia would raise all of its personal voluntary restrictions on the deployment of its personal missiles if the U.S. went forward and deployed such missiles.
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Putin, who mentioned Russian forces in Ukraine has taken management of 189 settlements up to now this 12 months, mentioned Russia’s nuclear weapons had been there for deterrence.
(This story has been refiled to repair a typo in paragraph 1)
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov and Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
