The state Department has accused Russia of violating the Treaty on the reduction of missiles
The U.S. Department of state has formally accused the Russian Federation in violation of the Treaty on the reduction of intermediate-range missiles on the background of published data of the American intelligence on the secret deployment of Russian cruise missiles.
The corresponding statement was voiced Wednesday during a briefing in Washington, the speaker of US State Department mark Toner, says UKRINFORM.
“We believe that Russia continues to violate its obligations under the Agreement”, – said the representative of the foreign Department of the USA.
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We will remind, Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile, violating the Russian-American Treaty on elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range. This writes The New York Times, citing sources in the presidential administration of the USA.
Sources say that now Russia has two divisions prohibited by the Treaty of cruise missiles. One of them is still at the testing ground Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan region, the other, according to a senior official newspaper in December 2016 was transferred to another military base. U.S. officials believe that these missiles SSC-X-8.