While they debate their options, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered US President Donald Trump a one-year extension to the final agreement restricting both nations’ nuclear arsenals.
The two countries with the largest nuclear arsenals in the world are the United States and Russia. On February 5, the New START pact that caps the quantity of strategic nuclear weapons—those intended to strike military, economic, and political power centers expires.
According to the treaty, each side may only deploy 1,550 warheads. If the pact is not renewed or extended, both are likely to violate that. Putin claimed his plan may help start a conversation about arms control with Washington and was in the interest of international non-proliferation.
Trump has pressed him to agree to halt the war in Ukraine, which Moscow claims is one of several security concerns that have caused East-West relations to reach their highest point since the Cold War. Putin made the offer public during a meeting of his Security Council as Ukraine attempts to persuade Trump to impose more severe sanctions on Russia.
For a year following February 5, 2026, Russia is willing to maintain adherence to the central numerical restrictions outlined in the New START Treaty, he stated. Following an evaluation of the circumstances, we shall decide whether to uphold these self-imposed, voluntary limitations.
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