NATO Urges 'Restraint' as US-Russia New START Nuclear Treaty Expires

• NATO emphasizes the need for responsibility and restraint as the New START treaty, limiting US and Russian nuclear arsenals, expires.
• An anonymous NATO official states Russia and China are increasing nuclear capabilities, prompting NATO to ensure its defenses.
• The official criticizes Russia's 'irresponsible nuclear rhetoric' and China's rapid expansion of its nuclear arsenal.
• The Kremlin expressed regret over the treaty's end, calling it a negative development.
• The New START treaty, signed in 2010, limited deployed strategic offensive warheads to 1,550 each and included mutual inspections, which Russia suspended in August 2022.