"We are in a situation where arms control is practically dead. We, as in 1982, are in a situation where the United States and Russia simply do not talk to each other, "TASS quoted him as saying.
According to Ritter, the only element of arms control so far remains the New START Treaty, which will expire in February 2026.
"If it is not replaced by a new treaty, it will mean that the United States and Russia will be engaged in a very dangerous arms race without a control mechanism," he stressed.
Moscow and Beijing earlier in a joint statement stressed the inadmissibility of unleashing a nuclear war, noting that there can be no winners in such a conflict.
Prior to this, it was reported that the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China in a joint statement called a responsible dialogue the best way for a sustainable settlement of the crisis in Ukraine.