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Kremlin Strongly Concerned by Potential Deployment of US Nukes in Europe

© Flickr / Justin OwensThe development and deployment of nuclear and conventional ground-launched intermediate range ballistic and cruise missiles was banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Above: Tomahawk missile.
The development and deployment of nuclear and conventional ground-launched intermediate range ballistic and cruise missiles was banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Above: Tomahawk missile. - Sputnik International
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According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Moscow is following the rumors that Washington may deploy nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Recent reports of possible deployment of US nuclear missiles in Europe, in particular in Great Britain, will not lead to an increase in trust or the balance of interests in Europe, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

"Any type of activity in the forcible intensification [of the situation], of course, will not be in anyone's interest. This topic obviously in of itself will hardly provide for an increase in the level of mutual trust or the balance of interests on the European continent," Peskov told journalists.

Peskov added that the Kremlin is following the rumors that Washington may deploy nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom.

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On Sunday, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the United Kingdom would consider hosting US intermediate missiles to counter Russia. According to Hammond, Britain must send "very clear signals to the Russians" that it will not tolerate any breach of obligation under the Minsk peace agreement.

The development and deployment of nuclear and conventional ground-launched intermediate range ballistic and cruise missiles was banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed by the United states and the Soviet Union in 1987.

Both the United States and Russia have repeatedly accused each other of violating the Cold War-era agreement.

Violence in eastern Ukraine escalated last week prompting fears that the ceasefire between Kiev and independence supporters signed in Minsk in February had broken down. Ukrainian officials publicly acknowledged that Kiev used heavy artillery in recent fighting, in violation of the Minsk peace accords.

The Western leaders accuse Russia of escalating the internal conflict in eastern Ukraine, a claim Moscow has firmly denied.

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