United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the expiration of the START III/New START treaty, which limited the number of nuclear warheads between the United States and russia, a serious moment for international peace and security and called on the two states to immediately agree on a new nuclear arms control framework. His words were reported by Reuters on Thursday, February 5.
February 5, at midnight, the treaty limiting the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and russia can deploy, as well as the deployment of land and submarine-based missiles and bombers to deliver them, expires.
"For the first time in more than half a century, we face a world without any binding limits on the strategic nuclear arsenals of the Russian Federation and the United States of America – the two States that possess the overwhelming majority of the global stockpile of nuclear weapons," Guterres said.
According to him, the risk of using nuclear weapons is currently the highest in recent decades.
The UN Secretary-General called on both states to return to the negotiating table and agree on the next framework of the treaty. According to Guterres, there is now an opportunity to "reset and create an arms control regime adapted to a rapidly changing context." In his opinion, the United States and russia must prevent the return of uncontrolled nuclear proliferation to the world.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the hands of the Doomsday Clock, which symbolizes the threat of a global catastrophe, was set at 85 seconds to midnight - the closest to a catastrophe in the history of measurements.
On October 31, 2025, US Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed, that the administration is resuming nuclear testing, calling the move a key to national security.
On October 30, 2025, the President of the United States Donald Trump instructed the Ministry of Defense to immediately start testing of American nuclear weapons.
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