According to the news outlet Axios, the United States and Russia have agreed to start talks on options for updating the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms (DSNV). The publication cites an American official who said Washington and Moscow had agreed to act in good faith and begin discussing ways to renew the agreement.

Relying on its sources, Axios reports that a draft plan has already been drawn up, but it still needs to be approved by the presidents of both countries. The authors remind readers that the DSNV remains the only major mechanism restraining the growth of Russian and US nuclear arsenals. Together, the two states account for around 85 percent of all nuclear warheads in the world.

Axios also writes that US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed the details of a possible arrangement with Russian officials on the sidelines of talks on Ukraine in Abu-Dhabi. One of the options under consideration is to continue observing the treaty’s provisions for another six months, although it is still unclear whether such a decision would be formalized legally.

The article recalls that on 5 February 2026 the Russian-American DSNV expired — the last agreement that limited the nuclear capabilities of the two countries. For the first time since 1972, there is now no active treaty between Russia and the United States in this sphere.