“The 2011 treaty placed ‘verifiable limits’ on the number of #IntercontinentalBallisticMissiles & #NuclearWarheads deployed by the countries.

“‘Our relations have degraded, & that’s completely & utterly the US’s fault,’ #Putin said.

“‘If the US conducts tests, then so will we,’ Putin said. ‘Nobody should have any illusions that global strategic parity can be destroyed.’ Other #nonproliferation agmnts, incl the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or #INF, treaty have fallen apart in recent yrs.