The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the termination of self-restrictions on the deployment of ground-based missiles

The Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by a voluntary moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range land-based missiles. This was announced on Monday, August 4, on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The Foreign Ministry noted that after the termination of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles in 2019, Russia maintained unilateral self-restrictions in this area. In particular, a mutual moratorium was proposed, which was not supported by NATO countries and US allies in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that the United States and its allies have outlined plans to deploy missile systems previously prohibited by the treaty, and have already moved on to their practical deployment. The Foreign Ministry said that since 2023, cases of the transfer of American systems to European NATO countries have been recorded, including training with the Mk70 installation in Denmark.

In Asia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in April 2024, the Typhoon complex was delivered to the Philippines and still remains in the archipelago. In July 2025, during the Talisman Sabre exercises in Australia, the Dark Eagle medium-range hypersonic system was used, which the United States openly described as a tool for "force projection."

The ministry said that these actions "lead to the build-up of missile capabilities in the regions adjacent to Russia, posing a threat to Russia's strategic security."

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