Russia should start producing previously banned midrange missiles, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, as Moscow warned the United States that drone reconnaissance flights over the Black Sea risked a "direct" military clash.
The call to bolster Russia's military arsenal came days after Moscow angrily blamed Washington for a Ukrainian strike on the annexed Crimean peninsula that it says used U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles equipped with cluster munitions, killing four.
Russia has pledged a tough response to what it calls increased U.S. involvement in the conflict.