Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes.

In a rapid-fire, unforgiving speech Friday, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov criticized "self-serving" unilateral moves by U.S. President Donald Trump and called Western sanctions against Russia as "political blackmail."

After U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on March, 20, Trump said he hoped to meet with the recently re-elected leader "in the not too distant future."