Russia exits INF Treaty, blames US missile deployments and rising nuclear tensions

Russia on Monday announced that it no longer considers itself bound by the Intermediate‑Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a landmark arms control agreement signed in 1987, reported the Times of India. Moscow blamed the “actions of Western countries” for creating a “direct threat” to its national security and said the conditions for maintaining the treaty had “disappeared.” The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it would no longer observe self-imposed restrictions on the deployment of certain missile systems.