The US formally withdrew from the 1987 agreement on 2 August, months after the Trump administration announced its intention to suspend its obligations under the treaty. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the US invented a pretext to exit the INF Treaty over concerns about Asia. He said that that ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia will be developing missiles, operating in ranges between 500 and 5500 kilometres, previously banned by the INF Treaty, which recently collapsed following Washington’s withdrawal from it. At the same time, the president noted that Russia won’t be deploying these missiles first. The ...