We are developing medium- and shorter-range missiles as a response to U.S. plans to produce and deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The United States made a mistake by unilaterally destroying the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019 under a far-fetched pretext. Let me remind you that Russia voluntarily, unilaterally committed itself not to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles until American weapons of this kind appear in any region of the world. Let me repeat that we are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to the aggressive actions of #NATO countries against #Russia - #Putin (00:58 in vid above).

#Russia likely only possess "handful of these experimental missiles". #Ukraine’s withstood “countless attacks” from Russia, including from missiles with "significantly larger warheads" - CNN claims in article above.

This is moral bankruptcy, it violates the natural right of democracies to defend themselves against murderous terrorism. The same tribunal that accuses us of fictitious crimes ignores the real crimes of war, appalling acts of war that are carried out against us and against many others in the world. After the terrible massacre in October, in which #Hamas murderers stabbed women, beheaded, burned children in front of their parents, hundreds of our citizens were kidnapped, women, elderly and children – Bibi rants (00:29 in vid above).

The opening of a missile defense base in Poland is yet another provocative step by the United States, which leads to an increase in strategic risks. This base has long been added to the list of priority targets for potential destruction by Russian troops - Zakharova.