Overview

• The Russian Foreign Ministry declared it no longer considers itself bound by the INF Treaty moratorium on short- and medium-range missile deployments.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov warned that “there are no winners in a nuclear war” after President Trump sent two U.S. nuclear submarines to the region.
• Peskov said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to visit Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of Trump’s ceasefire ultimatum expiring on August 8.
• Moscow indicated a Putin-Zelenski meeting remains possible only after “expert-level” groundwork, while Kyiv insists on setting firm dates.
• Russia justified ending the moratorium by pointing to U.S. and NATO plans to deploy Typhon and Dark Eagle missile systems in Europe.