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Kremlin Seeks U.S. Reciprocity on New START Caps, Presses to Include U.K. and France

The proposal would provide short-term predictability without restoring inspections.

The Titan Missile, shown from above during a tour of the 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site which was decommissioned in 1982, at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri/File Photo
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov walks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool/File Photo
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Overview

  • President Vladimir Putin offered to keep Russia within New START’s central limits for one year beyond the treaty’s Feb. 5, 2026 expiry if the United States does the same.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said talks should begin bilaterally with Washington but ultimately account for the smaller British and French nuclear arsenals.
  • The White House press secretary called the offer “pretty good,” yet a formal U.S. commitment has not been announced and the decision rests with President Donald Trump.
  • New START caps deployed strategic warheads at 1,550 and delivery systems at 700 per side, though Russia suspended participation in 2023 and the current proposal does not reinstate on-site verification.
  • Arms-control advocate Daryl G. Kimball welcomed a one-year continuation as a common-sense step that would maintain predictability and create space for negotiations on a new framework.