Putin’s offer to keep limits on nuclear arms

6 OCTOBER 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons “sounds like a good idea.”
Mr. Putin offered to voluntarily maintain limits capping the size of the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals set out in the 2010 New START accord, which expires in February 2026, if the U.S. does the same.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin met in Alaska in mid-August 2025 given reported incursions of Russian drones into NATO airspace.
In a video clip released on 5^th Oct 2025, Mr. Putin warned that a decision by the U.S. to supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia would destroy Moscow’s relationship with Washington.
U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance said that Washington was considering a Ukrainian request to obtain missiles that could strike deep into Russia, including Moscow, though it is unclear if a final decision has been made.