MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. US leader Donald Trump describes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend New START as a good idea, and Hamas tentatively agrees to the US peace plan for Gaza. Meanwhile, Kiev is set to ramp up the use of drones. These stories topped Monday's newspaper headlines in Russia.
Restoring the original Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between Russia and the United States will be unfeasible, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Izvestia. Even though Moscow sought to preserve the pact, it had to drop the moratorium amid US moves. Another treaty, New START, still has some potential. US leader Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend it a "good idea." However, the United States’ European allies have been actively building up their own long-range missiles, so the European Union should also be invited to the dialogue, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin told Izvestia.
Meanwhile, the United States is weighing supplying Ukraine with its Tomahawk cruise missiles, which are classified as intermediate-range weapons. Putin has cautioned that such a move would undermine the emerging positive trend in relations between Russia and the United States. Russian officials say the deployment of these weapons by Ukrainian troops will not significantly alter the situation on the battlefield.
