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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to continue with Russia's year-long war in Ukraine and accused the U.S.-led NATO alliance of fanning the flames of ...

In a combative speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday again blamed the West for provoking his invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

[to deliver an address from Poland](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/21/joe-biden-ukraine-russia-poland-kyiv-trip-speech/11306842002/) on his view of Russia's war in Ukraine as the conflict [approaches the one-year mark](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/19/oversight-ukraine-russia-military-aid/11271555002/). Now, they're not sure they'll go back](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/02/20/year-after-invasion-ukrainian-refugees-unsure-when-theyll-go-home/11219395002/) Large parts of his speech were focused on domestic policies connected to infrastructure spending and financial reforms. We’ll be watching carefully to see what Russia actually does." Secretary of State Antony Blinken described Putin's move as "deeply unfortunate and irresponsible. He did not unveil any new military objectives connected to Ukraine. It was signed in 2010 and extended for five years in 2021. "In this regard, I am forced to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty," he said. and Russia. [because of the U.S. and NATO](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/02/20/year-after-invasion-ukrainian-refugees-unsure-when-theyll-go-home/11219395002/), without specifying more. [Joe Biden walks streets of Kyiv in surprise visit](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/02/20/joe-biden-makes-surprise-visit-ukraine/11303232002/)

The president says he is taking Russia out of the last nuclear arms control treaty with America.

And we used force and are using force to stop it." We will react to it accordingly. "But if the US conducts tests, we will do it as well." He continues to push the false narrative that the West is to blame for the war. New Start is the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and America. As usual he blamed the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow's participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the U.S., announcing the move in a ...

was working on nuclear weapons and some in the U.S. State Department has said that Russia’s refusal to allow the inspections “prevents the United States from exercising important rights under the treaty and threatens the viability of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control.” It noted that nothing prevents Russian inspectors from conducting inspections of U.S. Putin on Tuesday challenged the U.S. “In this situation, Rosatom (Russia’s state nuclear corporation) and the Defense Ministry must ensure readiness for Russian nuclear weapons tests,” Putin said. Russia and the U.S. Putin on Tuesday mocked NATO’s statement urging Russia to allow the resumption of the U.S. He alleged that the U.S. Putin argued that while the U.S. and its allies declared the goal of dealing Russia a military defeat in Ukraine and helped the Ukrainian military mount strikes on Russian nuclear facilities. The U.S. Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address, Putin also said that Russia should stand ready to resume nuclear weapons tests if the U.S. Explaining his decision to suspend Russia’s obligations under the 2010 New START treaty, Putin accused the U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin punctured the balloon of anticipation in his state of the union speech Tuesday. He didn't declare martial law or announce a ...

“Service in the zone of the special military operation – everyone understands this very well – is associated with colossal physical and psychological stress, with everyday risks to health and life,” he said. So Putin also played the reassuring wartime leader, holding a moment of silence for soldiers killed in Ukraine, and promising that Russia will set up a special fund to offer assistance to families of veterans and soldiers killed in Ukraine and bolster social benefits for them. [discontent in the ranks](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/europe/russia-soldiers-desert-battlefield-intl-cmd/index.html) that has filtered back to the Kremlin following a partial mobilization last fall. “I want to repeat: it was they who unleashed the war,” Putin said. Putin pledged that rotations in Ukraine would be more predictable, and that soldiers would be given much-needed leave. And he doubled down on blaming the West for the conflict. “They want to inflict a strategic defeat on us and climb all over our nuclear facilities,” Putin said. “And what, after that are we just supposed to let them to travel around our (nuclear) facilities?” But he prefaced his remarks on arms-control with a lengthy tirade about the West’s alleged aims in providing aid to Ukraine. Suspending the New START Treaty in some ways continues an uneasy status quo. “I don’t know how to call this other than a theater of the absurd,” Putin said. He didn’t declare martial law or announce a new wave of military mobilization; he recycled the same lines about his rationale for

Vladimir Putin has sharpened his vitriol towards the West as President Joe Biden, fresh from a visit to Kyiv, praised Western democracy for standing up to ...

Mr Biden said US commitment both to the alliance and Article 5 was "rock solid". Mr Putin has blamed the West and Nato countless times in the past, and he reprised many of his claims from his TV address on the day of the invasion a year ago. Signed in 2010 by two then presidents - Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev - the New Start treaty was designed to prevent nuclear war. Mr Putin's speech barely touched on the progress of Russia's military in Ukraine and there was no indication of how the war might end. Russia's president did announce he was suspending the New Start nuclear arms control treaty signed with the US in 2010. Welcoming him to Warsaw's royal castle, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that by travelling to Kyiv Mr Biden had shown the free world did not fear anything.

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is the last remaining nuclear pact between the U.S. and Russia.

Fighting around a Ukrainian nuclear power plant captured by Russian forces injected uncertainty into the agreement, paired with a decaying relationship due to sanctions imposed on Moscow by Washington. The war over the past year has tested and strained that partnership. “Even in periods of tension” the adversaries could work alongside each other, reads a joint statement released at the time. in January accused Russia of not complying with the treaty by not allowing the United States and NATO to inspect its nuclear facilities. The U.S. “I do not think this is an escalation — just more rhetorical nuclear coercion,” he said. “And that only underscores what an irresponsible action this is.” In 2021, President Joe Biden and Putin extended it for another five years, aiming to avoid an arms race between the world’s largest nuclear powers. But American officials have already voiced concerns that Moscow wasn’t complying with the treaty, and it remains unclear how much the move will impact nuclear efforts going forward. of being involved in attempting to strike bases in Russia. will “be watching carefully to see what Russia actually does,” Blinken told reporters in Athens. won’t abandon efforts to cooperate on nuclear precautions.