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Lifting Moratorium on INF Arms: ‘New Reality’ One Has to Reckon with, Medvedev Says
TASS ^ | 8/4/25

Posted on 08/04/2025 4:04:51 PM PDT by marshmallow

"Expect further steps," Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman added

MOSCOW, August 4. /TASS/. The lifting of a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-and shorter-range missiles (INF) is a new reality that Russia’s opponents must deal with now, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.

"The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement on the withdrawal of the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles is the result of NATO countries’ anti-Russian policy. This is a new reality all our opponents will have to reckon with. Expect further steps," he wrote on the X social network.

On August 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow no longer considers itself bound by self-restrictions on deploying intermediate-and shorter-range missiles as the conditions for observing the moratorium have vanished. The ministry noted certain steps taken by the collective West in the sphere of proliferating such missiles and emphasized that they create a direct threat to Russia’s security. The statement stressed that this requires special measures on the part of Russia.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kremlin; medvedev; tass

1 posted on 08/04/2025 4:04:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

IOW, Russia is running out of men and is running out of tanks...


2 posted on 08/04/2025 4:19:22 PM PDT by jdege
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To: marshmallow

Lol. Like the Russians weren’t cheating anyway. Cry harder.


3 posted on 08/04/2025 4:20:47 PM PDT by desertsolitaire
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To: jdege

This is pure desperation.


4 posted on 08/04/2025 5:10:18 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: Apparatchik

Actually, it’s not.

Russia is well along on its plan to implement a new nuclear weapons delivery capability that poses serious challenges to the US

God help Ukraine if they choose to use it there


5 posted on 08/04/2025 5:32:27 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: marshmallow

Can anybody spare a saber?

A bottle of Smirnoff’s would probably be appreciated too.


6 posted on 08/04/2025 6:15:45 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: marshmallow

“Russia is nearing the completion of a decades-long effort to replace all of its strategic and non-strategic nuclear-capable systems with newer versions.”

“Copyright © 2025 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.”

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2025-05/russian-nuclear-weapons-2025/


7 posted on 08/04/2025 6:17:22 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: jdege

“IOW, Russia is running out of men and is running out of tanks...”

The Russians rely most on artillery.


8 posted on 08/04/2025 6:19:03 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: marshmallow

Neutral Ukraine?

Da!

Ukraine in NATO?

Nyet!

NATO member servicepeople in Ukraine?

Nyet!

Missiles with range of more than 100km in Ukraine?

Nyet!

....


9 posted on 08/04/2025 6:29:06 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: marshmallow
Uhh...Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)
10 posted on 08/04/2025 7:02:33 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Brian Griffin
This guy is the Russian Lindsey Graham.
11 posted on 08/04/2025 7:16:51 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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