# Russia double-checks situation after US statements about weapons in space — Lavrov

https://mins.news/en/item/60972

- TASS, 2026-09-16 13:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188483

> Russia is checking the situation after US statements that strike weapons had been deployed in space, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. He said Moscow is promoting a long-standing UN resolution to ban all weapons in orbit, while the US wants to limit the ban to nuclear weapons.

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