Russia warns European states against hosting French nuclear bomber planes

Russia warned on Thursday that any European countries that accepted deployments of French nuclear-capable strategic bombers would make themselves targets for attack by Moscow’s forces in the event of a conflict.French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans in March to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal and said France may allow European partners to host its nuclear-capable aircraft on temporary deployments.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview published on Thursday that this was part of an “uncontrolled build-up” of NATO’s nuclear potential, which posed a strategic threat to Russia.He stressed Moscow’s concern about the potential French nuclear deployments to other European countries. Macron has said Paris is discussing such arrangements with Britain, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Sweden and Denmark.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Clearly, our military will be forced to pay

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