Lavrov: Germany's permission to deploy US missiles on its territory is a humiliation for Berlin

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday that Germany's decision to allow the deployment of long-range US missiles was a humiliation for Berlin.

“Today we see another humiliation of Germany, whose government unquestioningly submitted to the US decision to deploy American medium-range missiles for mercenaries on German territory,” Lavrov said at the council meeting on “Multilateral cooperation for the creation of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order.”

The Pentagon announced last Wednesday that starting in 2026, the United States will begin deploying long-range strike systems on German soil that will significantly exceed those currently available in Europe.

According to the FAZ newspaper, the defense ministers of Germany, France, Italy and Poland have already signed a declaration of intent to develop cruise missiles with a range of more than a thousand kilometers, which "can reach targets in Russia from German territory." This information was confirmed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

For his part, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov indicated that Moscow would develop a military response to such plans in a calm manner, without tension or excitement.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the decision to deploy long-range US missiles in Germany would lead to a Cold War.

Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, many Western countries, led by the United States of America, have imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia and provided financial and military support to the Kiev regime.

Western countries, through the material, military and political support they provide to Kiev, seek to obstruct the goals of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. However, Moscow has confirmed on more than one occasion that military operations in Donbass will not stop until all tasks assigned to it are achieved.

The effects of these sanctions also had a negative impact on the countries that imposed them, leading to higher prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the United States.