According to analysts, the Kremlin will most likely not engage in dialogue on the renewal of the START treaty and will continue to threaten the world with weapons of mass destruction.
Russia is using its fear of nuclear escalation to slow down the delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) came to this conclusion in their report, published on March 2.
Analysts are convinced that the Kremlin will continue to make nuclear threats in the hope of intimidating the West, although the likelihood of the use of weapons of mass destruction by the Russian Federation is extremely small.
It is likely that the Kremlin is using the fear of nuclear escalation and the suspension of the New START treaty in the hope of curbing Western support for Ukraine and slowing down promised Western military aid deliveries.
US Secretary of State urges Russia not to withdraw from nuclear treaty
Recall that at the G20 summit in Delhi (India) on March 2, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken addressed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and called on the Kremlin to reconsider the decision to withdraw from the START treaty, which provides for a mutual reduction in the arsenals of deployed strategic nuclear weapons.
Blinken said he told Lavrov that the US would be ready to engage with Russia on strategic nuclear arms control “regardless of what happens in the world and in our relations.”
We also recall that on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his message to the Federal Assembly, announced that Russia was suspending participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty with the United States (START-3)
