Russia should abandon "Novator" missile systems or reduce their range

Russia should abandon 9M729 missile systems and launchers or reduce their range in order to meet the requirements of the North-East Europe Missile Dispatch Agreement and the North-East Europe missile system. West concluded in 1987, and to prevent the withdrawal of the United States from this treaty, said Assistant Secretary of State Andrea Thompson,

She added that Moscow needed to "clean the system, remove the launching device or modify it so that it does not exceed the (marginal) range "established by the 1987 agreement. [19659002] The United States declare that they will withdraw from the treaty on the elimination of small and medium-range missiles of the Cold War if Russia does not return under the terms of the agreement before 60 days. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision on December 4, after NATO members in Brussels supported US accusations against Moscow, in violation of the 1987 treaty. [19659002Russiaforitspartdoesnotclaimtohaveevidenceofviolations

NATO members consider that Russia has developed and deployed a 9M729 missile system that violates a missile treaty

The Mid-Range Missile-Elimination Treaty, signed in 1987 , has eliminated a whole class of ground-based missiles, both conventional and nuclear, with a range of 500 to 5.5 thousand kilometers.