Putin accuses US of violating Cold War-era nuclear pact

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing the U.S. of violating a landmark Cold War-era nuclear arms pact.Putin, speaking during Friday's meeting with the top military brass, alleged that the U.S. missile defense sites in Romania containing interceptor missiles could also house ground-to-ground intermediate-range cruise missiles in violation of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.He added that U.S. launches of target vehicles as part of tests represented ano