Trump rejects Putin offer of one-year extension of New START deployment limits

February 6, 2026 1:22 PM

Trump rejects Putin offer of one-year extension of New START deployment limits

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected an offer from his Russian counterpart to voluntarily extend the caps on strategic nuclear weapons deployments after the treaty that held them in check for more than two decades expired. "Rather than extend "New START ... we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. Arms control advocates warn that the expiration of the tre...

Kremlin says British and French arsenals must ultimately be part of nuclear disarmament talks

September 29, 2025 10:09 AM

Kremlin says British and French arsenals must ultimately be part of nuclear disarmament talks

Talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons must first be conducted between Russia and the U.S., but the arsenals of Britain and France will ultimately have to be included in negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday. Peskov's remarks come amid a Kremlin proposal to the U.S. this month to voluntarily maintain for a year the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set out in their New START arms control treaty once it expires next year if the U.S. does the...