Russia has promised a military response - Should NATO be worried? | DW News

The United States will begin stationing long-range missiles in Germany from 2026. Washington and Berlin say the deployment cements their commitment to NATO and European defense. The agreement includes Tomahawk, SM-6, and hypersonic missiles.

The weapons are nuclear-capable and have a range of more than two thousand kilometers. They were banned under a treaty with Russia until the US withdrew from that treaty five years ago.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the decision.

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00:00 Europe takes on more responsibility in NATO
02:36 Alexandra von Nahmen, DW Brussels Bureau Chief
07:27 Kristine Berzina, Managing Director of Geostrategy North at the German Marshal Fund

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[delroyvast]

NATO need to stop behave like they are afraid of Russia. Don't care what Russia think and say. Do what right for NATO.

[bringthepain]

The 38th nuclear threat from putin is inbound 😂

[RudolphoAqui]

A ruzzian military response means it will hit a Ukrainian church or children’s school, perhaps a library, a playground maybe, , sickening

[schungel]

The Rich supply the weapons, the Poor supply the corpses . 😭😭😭

[mortmortannon]

„US abandoned treaty 5 years ago“? How about mentioning the violation of said treaty by Russia placing nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad?

[truesouth]

Oh Russia just accept that you're yesterday's superpower. Now ya all just riding at the back of the bus.

[stefyganda]

russian bots and trolls are so active😂

[SARCASTICLES]

Why should NATO be worried? Vlad the Invader has done NATO a favor by adding Sweden and Finland. How do you say D'OH!! in Russian? Great idea,

[modero]

It needed 2.5 years for NATO to decide on the first active steps to deter Russia. One can only hope that this will be followed by many steps especially by Europe! Russia has stationed nuclear missiles in Belarus and nuclear capable missiles in Kaliningrad. Where is the response to that? Only strength will deter Putin.

[Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

What's the point? Russia already deployed nuclear weapons in Belarus?

[Deepak-wwf]

Haha😂😂😂 30+ countries still figuring out how to defeat russia on battlefield...

[RudolphoAqui]

Supporting Ukraine’s success is Europe’s best security, saves children’s lives

[albertohusay]

Strength is the only language Russia understand. Stay strong NATO.

[charleschin]

of course Hungary not on the same page, it is beholden to Putin. what u expect?A Nato thorn

[chtrvra]

Rusiya has been throwing threats for 3 years now..

[Blanka]

I am Polish and I think it is very easy to scare German society. We Poles are used to russian threats because we hear it every other weekend.

[GregMoylan-pnsr]

Without much effort, Zelensky highlights the single most important characteristic affecting world peace... the pandemic of chronic weakness infecting western leaders.

[sogerc]

Let's not forget that the US withdraw from the INF Treaty _because_ Russia was already in violation of it.

[Howiex-isgq]

Ukraine fights in battlefield
Russia fights civillians...

[eromspod]

Europe are basically happy to listening and following United States orders at all time