US President Donald Trump said he would withdraw the United States from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Short-Range Missiles (INF), as Russia was violating it.. However, he did not dwell on the details concerning these violations..

Moscow called the possible withdrawal of the United States from the treaty dangerous step.

Recall that an agreement was reached in the late 1980s. It provides for the destruction by both sides of nuclear and conventional short- and medium-range missiles..

"Russia violated the agreement. They violated it over the years, ”Trump said after a rally in Elko, Nevada. “We will not allow them to violate the nuclear agreement and produce prohibited weapons.”.

Trump said the United States will develop these weapons if Russia and China do not stop working on them.

Russia denies violation of the treaty, and China is not a party to the agreement..

“If Russia does it, and if China does it, and we adhere to an agreement, then this is unacceptable,” Trump said.

US officials have previously claimed that Russia violated the treaty by deliberately deploying a ground-based cruise missile to create a threat to NATO.. Russia claims US missile defense systems violate agreement.