Putin Offers Trump A One-Year Extension To Nuclear Arms Pact

RUSSIA – Russian President Vladimir Putin offered U.S. President Donald Trump a nuclear arms control deal on Monday that would extend the last treaty limiting both countries’ nuclear weapons by one year.

Russia and the United States have by far the biggest nuclear arsenals in the world. The last remaining treaty between them that limits the numbers of these weapons is due to expire February 5 2026.

The new start treaty covers strategic nuclear weapons – those designed by each side to hit the enemy’s centres of military, economic and political power – and caps the number of deployed warheads at 1,550 on each side. Both are likely to breach that limit if the treaty is not extended or replaced.