Russian President Vladimir Putin told the national security council to begin producing previously banned missiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the country needs to start producing short- and intermediate-range missiles and then decide where to put them.Addressing Russia's national security council, Putin said: 'We need to start production of these strike systems and then, based on the actual situation, make decisions about where—if necessary to ensure our safety—to place them,' according to the Associated Press.
'Quite recently it was announced that they are in the Philippines,' according to the AP. Earlier this year, the U.S. shipped its mid-range Typhon missile system to the Philippines.Newsweek reached out to the State Department and Russian government for comment via email on Friday.Tensions between Moscow and Washington have risen since Putin's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The U.S.
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