Putin in weapons deployment warning after US-Germany missiles plan unveiled

Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned US stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/AP)

Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned US stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg on Sunday, Mr Putin vowed “mirror measures” after the US earlier this month announced it will start deploying the weapons in 2026, to affirm its commitment to Nato and European defence following Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.