Russia says US missiles in Germany signal return of Cold War
Al Jazeera
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes the plan, says it is ‘something of deterrence and it’s securing peace’.
The United States’s decision to station long-range missiles in Germany could lead to a Cold War-style “direct confrontation”, Russia has warned, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz hailed the move.
The White House announced the decision on Wednesday during a NATO summit in Washington, arguing the stationing of long-range weapons, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, in Europe acts as a deterrent.
“We are taking steady steps towards the Cold War,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV reporter on Thursday.
“All the attributes of the Cold War with the direct confrontation are returning.”
Washington’s move has prompted criticism in Germany, even among members of Scholz’s Social Democrats.
