Russia will scrap a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles because the United States has deployed such weapons in various regions around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday.

The United States under former President Donald Trump formally withdrew from the Cold War era INF Treaty in 2019

Russia will void its moratorium on deploying intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles in response to the United States deploying similar weapons globally. This move signals the end of a significant arms control treaty from the Cold War era,