“The United States is open to effective and verifiable arms control,” Cohen said during a meeting of the UN Security Council.

In turn, and. about. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN said that Washington had long and deliberately violated the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).

According to Polyansky, in connection with recent US actions, the extension of the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty in 2021 is under threat.

On August 19, the Pentagon announced the test of a banned INF Treaty cruise missile.