Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad as tensions between US and Russia become 'more dangerous than Cold War'
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Raf Sanchez,
Middle East correspondent
8 October 2016 • 4:02pm from Telegraph UK
Moscow has moved nuclear-capable
missiles near the Polish border, its defence ministry confirmed on
Saturday, as Germany's foreign minister warned that tensions between
Russia and the West were "more dangerous" today than during the Cold
War.
Russia moved missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons into Kaliningrad, an Russian coastal enclave nestled between Poland and Lithuania. The Iskander missiles have a range of 450 miles, meaning they could hit Berlin if launched from Kaliningrad.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the
German foreign minister, said he was watching the collapsing relations
between the West and Russia with dismay.
"It's a fallacy to think that this is like the Cold War. The current
times are different and more dangerous,” Mr Steinmeier told the Bild newspaper.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister
Credit:
REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
His sentiments were echoed by
Wolfgang Ischinger, a German official who served as a mediator for
Ukraine, who told the newspaper that there was "considerable danger of a
military confrontation” between Russia and the West.
"This danger has not been as strong in decades and the confidence between West and East has never been so low," he said.
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