Russia Lifts Restrictions On Ground-Based Missiles - Kremlin
15:25 05.08.2025 (Updated: 15:47 05.08.2025)
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"Russia no longer considers itself constrained" by previous self-imposed limits on deploying intermediate and short-range ground-based missiles, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.
On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Russia acknowledges the disappearance of conditions for maintaining its unilateral moratorium on the deployment of ground-based intermediate and short-range missiles and no longer considers itself bound by the self-imposed restrictions previously adopted.
"There are no longer any restrictions on this matter in Russia. Russia no longer considers itself constrained in any way," Peskov told reporters, commenting on the Russian MFA's statement that Russia no longer considers itself bound by the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) missiles.
Russia considers itself entitled to take the corresponding measures and steps regarding the deployment of ground-based intermediate and short-range missiles if necessary, he added.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Russia no longer regards itself as bound by the unilateral moratorium on deploying INF missiles, citing the absence of conditions necessary to uphold the measure.
“Given that our repeated warnings were ignored and the US has effectively begun deploying such systems in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, the conditions for maintaining the moratorium have disappeared,” the ministry stated.
Since 2023, the US and its allies have transferred missile systems capable of launching intermediate- and shorter-range missiles to NATO countries and the Asia-Pacific region. These include mobile Mk70 launchers in Denmark, Typhon complexes stationed in the Philippines and Australia, and long-range PrSM missile tests by US-supplied HIMARS.
“These steps by the collective West are creating destabilizing missile arsenals near Russia’s borders, posing a direct strategic threat to our country and undermining regional and global stability,” the statement concluded.
