According to the Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 19th, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, said that Washington will not be "intimidated" by Russia's "aggressive" brainstorming about the deployment of military assets and even nuclear warheads near the United States.
Russian Satellite News Agency reported with image
Greenfield said in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday (18th), "The Russians are doing everything they can to intimidate us and let us allow them to take this action." They know that if they take such aggressive action against the United States, they can expect a response, and that would be a strong response. ”
The U.S. diplomat added, "I know they're trying to respond in a way that intimidates the world, but we're not going to allow ourselves to be intimidated, and we're not going to allow Ukraine to be intimidated and endanger its own security." ”
Russian media pointed out that Greenfield did not elaborate on why a purely hypothetical Russian military deployment near the US coast would be "aggressive", while the real US and NATO continuous military buildup on Russia's doorstep is not "aggressive".
On Monday, when asked if Moscow would consider deploying missiles in Cuba or Venezuela in South America to counter U.S. and NATO deployments near Russia, Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said the Russian side was considering various options to ensure its own safety, according to previous reports.
Putin and other Russian officials have reportedly repeatedly expressed concern about U.S. missile defense facilities in Poland and Romania that could be easily converted to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles loaded with nuclear warheads deep into Russia's hinterland. Last month, Putin also warned that if the United States deploys missiles in Ukraine, it will mean that the time to fly to Moscow in the event of war (missiles) will only take 4 to 5 minutes.
A week ago, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov hinted that Russia was still open to deploying some type of military infrastructure in South America. "I don't want to confirm anything, and I wouldn't rule out any possibility," he said. (Edit: SDY)
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