Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said that the modernization of Russia’s nuclear triad has reached an advanced stage. According to him, Moscow has a substantial margin of capability to guarantee its security, primarily thanks to systems that have already been developed and placed on combat duty.

Ryabkov stressed that the overhaul of the nuclear triad is at an «exceptionally advanced» phase and noted that new systems have emerged that did not exist at the time the strategic arms treaty was signed. Speaking on Channel One, he made it clear that Russia does not intend to yield to provocations or be dragged into an arms race after the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms expires. He underscored that there should be no doubt on this point and warned that those who expect the Russian Federation to falter or escalate are miscalculating, as this will not happen.

The DSNV-3 treaty is set to expire on 5 February 2026. For the first time since the 1970s, Russia and the United States may find themselves without active constraints on their strategic arsenals — 1,550 nuclear warheads and 700 delivery systems. Moscow has repeatedly proposed voluntarily adhering to these limits for another year, but U. S. President Donald Trump stated that if the treaty expires, then it will simply expire.