Kremlin tells U.S. time running out for new nuclear arms deal

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and head of the Russian navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov delivers a speech during a parade marking Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 31, 2022. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin told the United States on Tuesday that time was running out to negotiate a replacement for the "New START" nuclear arms reduction treaty and that if it expired in 2026 without a replacement then global security would be weakened.

The New START Treaty, struck in 2011, obliged the United States and Russia to limit deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, deployed submarine-launched ballistic missiles and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments.