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Russia to view deployed German long-range systems as legitimate targets — embassy

A representative of the Russian embassy in Berlin said that this would be the case if these systems were aimed at Russia

© Russian embassy in Germany's official website

MOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. Deployment sites of Germany’s planned long-range systems will become legitimate targets should they be aimed at Russia, the Izvestia newspaper quoted an official of the Russian embassy in Berlin as saying.

"Critics of rampant German militarization rightly point out that deployment sites of such weapons will inevitably become Russia’s legitimate military targets," the official said.

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