ISW: Putin tries to change the plans of the West, blackmailing with "nuclear weapons"

This is reported by the Institute for the Study of War.

The report cited a statement by Russian president Volodymyr Putin at a naval parade in St. Petersburg, saying that if the United States deploys missile systems in Germany by 2026, the flight time to Russian targets would be approximately 10 minutes. He also threatened to take "reciprocal measures" and withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

"Putin is falsely trying to portray Russia's deployment of missiles, banned under the INF Treaty, as part of his ongoing efforts to use nuclear saber-rattling to push the West into a state of forced restraint," the report states.

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