USA: White House says Russian nukes violate treaty obligations

White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Russia's announcement of a new nuclear arsenal is contravening its obligations to the international community at a press conference in Washington DC on Thursday.
"President [of Russia, Vladimir] Putin has confirmed what the United States government has known all along, which Russia has denied, Russia has been developing destabilising weapon systems for over a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations," Sanders said.
Putin outlined a series of recent missile and ground tests in his state address, which he said "allow us to proceed with the creation of a fundamentally new type of weapon - a strategic complex of nuclear weapons with a missile equipped with a nuclear warhead."
In response to a question regarding US President Donald Trump's announcement of tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from China and its effect on the Dow Jones, Sanders said the details are yet to be finalised.