German author and politician Christoph Horstel says Russia has the legal right to invade Germany in self-defense, but Moscow won't because it is not aggressive.

Planned talks between Russia and the US over a nuclear treaty have been postponed but not cancelled, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov says, as tensions continue between Washington and Moscow.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Moscow had “no other choice” but to cancel talks with Washington over inspections under the “New START” nuclear weapons control treaty.

Russia has dismissed media speculations about a possible deployment of nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine, saying Moscow has “no need” to use its nuclear arsenal to achieve its goals in the conflict.

Russia has "temporarily" suspended on-site inspections of its strategic nuclear weapons by the US under a 2010 arms control treaty known as New START, citing travel curbs, sanctions and coronavirus infections.