US to Stop Complying With Nuclear Treaty With Russia After Talks Fail

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (L) greets U.S. delegation head Undersecretary of State Andrea Thompson (C) and U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament Robert Wood at a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference with the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members (P5) China, France, Russia, Britain, and the United States, in Beijing, Jan. 30, 2019. Thomas Peter/Reuters

The United States will stop complying with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia as soon as Feb. 2, after the Kremlin refused to address its long-standing violations in the latest round of talks, a senior U.S. arms control official said Jan. 31.

Wаshington has long alleged that Moscow violated the treaty by testing and deploying the Novator 9M729 missile, which is called the SSC-8 by NATO. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty prohibits Russia and the United States from possessing short- and mid-range ground-launched missiles.