Overview

• Vladimir Putin announced the proposal during a televised meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Sept. 22.
• The offer would keep Russia within the treaty’s numerical caps for one year after the Feb. 5, 2026 expiration if the United States reciprocates.
• New START, the last bilateral U.S.-Russia arms-control pact, limits each side to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
• Russia suspended participation in the treaty in 2023 but has said it would follow the limits through the scheduled end date.
• Putin warned that letting the agreement lapse would harm global stability, and there was no immediate public response from Washington.