Russia said, "We also withdrew the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty..."Already left".

Russia has said it will withdraw its treaty to halt the production and deployment of medium and short-range ballistic missiles, Russian state media reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RIA Novosti, a state-run media outlet, on the 29th local time, "We have analyzed and evaluated the threats posed by the United States and NATO in the strategic region.""It has become clear that the treaty is not more viable and must be abandoned," Lavrov said. "The United States has arrogantly ignored warnings from Russia and China."

The treaty was signed in December 1987 by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Communist Party Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.

However, in the 2000s, the disarmament stance faltered as Russia developed the ballistic missile Iskander series and the U.S. pushed for the establishment of a European missile defense system.

When Russia deployed Iskander to the Baltic coast in 2017, the United States declared its destruction in 2019 and officially withdrew from the treaty.