Russia has right to defend against ‘aggressive’ NATO – Kremlin on Baltic missile placement

‘Russia has the right to protect itself against NATO’s eastward expansion, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the deployment of Russian ballistic missiles in the Kaliningrad Region. He called the Western alliance an “aggressive bloc.”
“Russia is doing all that is necessary to protect itself against the backdrop of NATO’s expansion toward its borders. NATO is indeed an aggressive bloc, that is why Russia is doing everything that is necessary,” Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, as cited by Interfax.
“Russia has all the sovereign rights to take the necessary measures across all the territory of the Russian Federation,” the spokesman added.’
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