Russia said on Thursday that a new U.S. ballistic missile defence base in northern Poland will lead to an increase in the overall level of nuclear danger, but Warsaw said "threats" from Moscow only strengthened the argument for NATO defences.

Russia has threatened to attack a new US defense base in Poland with “advanced weapons” — just hours after reportedly launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday. Moscow leveled the warning after saying the opening of the ballistic missile defense base,

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the NATO anti-missile base in Poland "another provocative step," accusing the U.S. of "projecting American power" onto other territories. Zakharova also threatened that the base could be targeted with Russia's latest weapons if necessary,

Russia's Foreign Ministry has condemned the opening of a US missile defence base in Poland, labelling it a provocation and threatening a possible strike against the facility. In response, Warsaw dismissed Moscow's claims as inadequate.

The Russians have revised their nuclear weapons usage doctrine. This is in response to the permission given to Ukraine to launch missiles from the USA on the aggressor's territory. The list of potential targets includes,

Russia said the new US base is part of destabilising measures by the US and its NATO allies; Poland, in response, calls for a stronger NATO.

The spokesperson for Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paweł Wroński states that the NATO missile defense base in Redzikowo, Poland, is purely defensive despite provocative statements from the Russian Federation,