Putin warns the United States of Cold War-style missile crisis 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev attend the annual Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, July 28, 2024. (Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany, then Russia would station similar missiles in striking distance of the West.