Save US-Russia nuclear treaty, EU urges

EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday urged Russia and the US to save a Cold War arms control treaty after Washington issued a 60-day ultimatum to Moscow.The United States said it would pull out of the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty unless Moscow withdraws a new cruise missile system that has threatened to trigger a new arms race.Mogherini pleaded for the treaty to be saved, warning that Europe did not want to become a battlefield for global powers once again,