What is the missile treaty Russia has walked out of – and why? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia on Monday announced it will stop abiding by a decades-old nuclear missile treaty with the United States, raising fears of the return of a Cold War-style arms race.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed in 1987, had put a moratorium on the deployment of short and medium-range missiles between the world’s leading military powers.

US President Donald Trump withdrew from the treaty in 2019, during his first term. Russia remained part of the agreement until Monday. It…

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