Putin hints Russia to start making previously banned missiles

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 US-supplied ATACMS missiles equipped with cluster munitions, killing four. Russia has pledged a tough response to what it calls increased US involvement in the conflict. In a televised address to his...