From a long interview with Russia's FM Sergei Lavrov - a steady voice from Moscow and a career diplomat:

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, Moscow, December 17, 2018

We are in favour of keeping the INF Treaty. The entire international community has repeatedly recognised it as a cornerstone of international security and strategic stability. Today at the UN, we will make a second attempt to submit a General Assembly resolution in support of preserving this Treaty.

Apart from that, we have presented the US with our concerns regarding how it implements this Treaty. These concerns are based on concrete facts and developments in the military technical sphere, specifically the deployment of a US military base in Romania and deployment plans for Poland. We hear statements by our US colleagues that the only way to save the Treaty is to destroy the 9M729 missile, which Russia has allegedly developed with a range exceeding the limit imposed by the Treaty. In response, Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu, following similar steps at the expert level, has officially suggested that he and US Secretary of Defence James Mattis meet and start a professional discussion. The US did not even reply or at least formally acknowledge the receipt of the invitation. Possibly, if they had done this, they would have had to explain why they are evading a professional discussion and continue to act in the notorious "highly likely" style, as though wishing to say that what remains for us is to repent because we are allegedly to blame for everything.

Sole peace talks on Syria are taking place in Astana between Turkey, Iran and Russia. Recently joined by the UN envoy in Geneva ...

○ UN envoy discusses new Syria constitution body with Iran, Turkey, Russia FMs
○ Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress (Dec. 2018)

Ahead of NATO meeting in Brussels ...

○ Tensions rise as US threatens to 'take out' Russian missiles | BBC News |

I was not talking about preemptively striking Russia. My point: 🇷🇺 needs to return to INF Treaty compliance or we will need to match its capabilities to protect US & NATO interests. The current situation, with 🇷🇺 in blatant violation, is untenable. (_link)

— Ambassador Hutchison (@USAmbNATO) October 2, 2018

US Ambassador to NATO: Kay Bailey Hutchison. Texas and the rise of Ms Hutchison - Oui @BooMan in Oct. 2005.

'Sapere aude'