Putin announced the suspension of the Russian Federation in the Nuclear Weapons Treaty (Video)
"I repeat, Russia does not leave the treaty, namely it stops. Before returning to the discussion of this issue, we need to understand what NATO countries such as France and the United Kingdom apply," he said. According to Putin, the nuclear arsenals of the two these countries develop and directed against Russia, so this cannot be ignored.
According to him, in early February 2023, NATO demanded that Russia return to the implementation of the Strategic offensive Agreement (DSU), including the admission of inspections to nuclear defense objects. "Absurd Theater is some . . . The event is directly involved in the attempts of the Kiev regime to strike on the bases of our strategic aviation . . . Now they want to inspect our defense objects. In the face of current confrontation, it sounds like a delusion," he said.
The United States, as Putin said, is putting to Moscow an ultimatum on DSno. "Washington demands the execution of all points, while he plans to behave as he wants. In the West," not stupid people "who want to strike a strategic defeat," he said. According to him, the Defense Ministry and Rosatom should be ready to test Russian nuclear weapons if the US is the first.
The S-3 treaty was signed in 2010 by Russian and US Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama for 10 years with the possibility of extension for another 5 years. It came into force in 2011. Putin in 2021 decided to extend the treaty until February 5, 2026. Under the terms of the agreement, each party can have no more than 1550 ready-to-use nuclear charges, no more than 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, ballistic missiles of submarines and strategic bombers.