"Decades of fruitful implementation of the treaty showed that it has served well as a tool for strengthening confidence and security, creating additional opportunities for an objective and unbiased assessment of the military potential and military activities of the participating states," it said. The ministry said that the entire responsibility for the degradation of the agreement lies with the initiator of the collapse of the Treaty on Open Skies: the United States of America.

The ministry mentioned that during Russia's participation in the treaty, the country has conducted 646 flights and allowed for 449 flights to be carried out over its territory among the 1,580 total flights made.