Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that demands from the United States to resume inspections under the New START nuclear arms control treaty were "cynical" given Washington's support for Ukraine.
The ministry also warned that Washington's actions towards Russia posed a "real risk" of a direct military clash between the two nuclear powers, the RIA news agency reported.
"The demands of the United States to renew inspections at Russian sites are clearly cynical," RIA quoted the ministry as saying in a statement that also accused Washington of seeking to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia in Ukraine.
