“On February 2, 2019, the United States gave Russia six months to return to the compliance with the INF. Russia refused, so the contract ends today. The USA will not remain parties to the treaty when others violate it. Russia bears sole responsibility, ”Pompeo wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia reported that the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles officially ended on August 2.
In early 2019, Washington announced a unilateral withdrawal from the INF Treaty, accusing Moscow of violating the agreement. The formal reason for the suspension of the participation of the American side in the agreement was the possibility of the Russian 9M729 missiles. Moscow, in turn, maintains the position that Washington has been violating the provisions of the treaty in question since it began using its target rockets in 1999. Read more about the situation in the RT material.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin noted that Russia will not deploy medium-range or shorter-range missiles in any region of the world until the United States begins to do this.