Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Western countries of igniting and sustaining the war in Ukraine.
He added that Russia is prepared to respond to that as “it will be a matter of our country’s existence.”
“It’s they who have started the war. And we are using force to end it,” Putin said before an audience of lawmakers, state officials and soldiers who have fought in Ukraine. Putin also said that Russia would suspend its participation in a treaty aimed at keeping a lid on nuclear weapons expansion. The so-called New START Treaty was signed by Russia and the U.S. in 2010. It caps the number of long-range nuclear warheads they can deploy and limits the use of missiles that can carry atomic weapons.Putin said Tuesday in a major address that Russia was not fully withdrawing from the treaty yet.
Peskov told reporters that the speech’s delay had to do with Putin’s “work schedule,” but Russian media reports linked it to the multiple setbacks Russian forces have suffered on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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