Vladimir Putin Says Russia Will Follow US By Withdrawing From Nuclear Pact

Putin said Russia will start work on creating new missiles, including hypersonic ones, and told ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with Washington, accusing the US of being slow to respond to such moves.

“We have repeatedly, during a number of years, and constantly raised a question about substantiative talks on the disarmament issue, notably, on all the aspects,” Putin said.

“We see, that in the past few years the partners have not supported our initiatives.”

During the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also accused America of violating the INF and other arms deals, such as the non-proliferation treaty.

Putin said that Russia will not increase its military budget for the new weapons and it won’t deploy its weapons in Europe and other regions unless the US does so.

With reporting from the Reuters news agency.