The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty — a claim the Kremlin has repeatedly denied
"The United States will not remain a party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by Russia," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after exchanging blame with Russia about violating it
The 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty was negotiated by then-US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Senior administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity said Russia had deployed "multiple battalions" of a cruise missile throughout Russia in violation of the pact, including in western Russia, "with the ability to strike critical European targets."
President Vladimir Putin says Russia does not want an arms race and he has promised he will not deploy Russian missiles unless the United States does so first. The dispute is aggravating the worst US-Russia friction since the Cold War ended in 1991. Some experts believe the treaty's collapse could undermine other arms control agreements and speed erosion of the global system designed to block the spread of nuclear arms.NATO said it had agreed on a defensive package of measures to deter Russia. That response would be measured and only involve conventional weapons, it said.
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