The White House ordered the Pentagon to delay a long-planned hypersonic missile test in less than a week to go before the Russia-US summit in Geneva in June so as not to raise tensions with Moscow, the Politico newspaper wrote with reference to sources in the US Department of Defense and Congress on Thursday.
US President Joe Biden at the time was preparing for a tough discussion with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and "officials worried that launching such a provocative weapon right before it could send the wrong signal or sabotage the meeting altogether," the paper said.
The defense official speaking on the condition of anonymity, did note that the Russians likewise "didn’t do [provocative] things in advance of that summit," the publication said.
A White House spokesperson said our account is "not accurate," Politico wrote. The Pentagon declined to comment.
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