 The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2019, claiming Russia had violated the agreement. President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not produced such missiles since the 2019 scrapping of the treaty, but he says the U.S. has produced and deployed such systems. The U.S. military-built pier along the Gaza coast has been pulled away again, this time because of rough seas. Aid has been piling up on shore because of humanitarian aid groups stopped delivering the supplies on June 9th because of security concerns. Now U.S. officials say the pier may not be reinstalled.