Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Romania and Poland that they could find themselves in the sights of Russian rockets because they are hosting elements of a U.S missile shield program that Moscow considers a threat to its security.
In his serious warning against US missile shield defense program, stating that Moscow had repeatedly saying that it would have to take retaliatory steps but Washington and its allies had ignored the warnings.
The U.S. has always keep on saying that the missile shields is needed to protect from Iran, not threaten Russia. Part of the shield in Poland is on the work.
"If yesterday in those of Romania people simply did not know what it means to be in the cross-hairs, then today we will be forced to carry out certain measures to ensure our security," Putin told a joint news conference in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis
"It will be the same case with Poland," he said.
Putin is in Greece to hold talks on energy and transport investments ahead of a celebratory visit to a 1,000-year-old Russian Orthodox monastery on the isolated peninsula of Mount Athos. Source: Reuters
In his serious warning against US missile shield defense program, stating that Moscow had repeatedly saying that it would have to take retaliatory steps but Washington and its allies had ignored the warnings.
The U.S. has always keep on saying that the missile shields is needed to protect from Iran, not threaten Russia. Part of the shield in Poland is on the work.
"If yesterday in those of Romania people simply did not know what it means to be in the cross-hairs, then today we will be forced to carry out certain measures to ensure our security," Putin told a joint news conference in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis
"It will be the same case with Poland," he said.
Putin is in Greece to hold talks on energy and transport investments ahead of a celebratory visit to a 1,000-year-old Russian Orthodox monastery on the isolated peninsula of Mount Athos. Source: Reuters
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