Russia to 'restore' military balance if US quits nuclear arms pact

Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the US if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a landmark nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.
 

But Russia also signalled it may be willing to give some ground, with a senior Kremlin official telling Trump’s national security advisor that Russia was ready to address US concerns about how the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was being implemented.
 

Trump drew a warning of “military-technical” retaliation from Moscow after saying on Saturday that Washington would withdraw