President Vladimir Putin of Russia has announced the suspension of his country’s participation in a major arms control agreement with the United States of America( USA).
President Putin ,who spoke at length about Russia’s war against Ukraine in a State of the Nation address, blamed the West for provoking the war and escalating it, saying the US and its allies sought “limitless power”
Russian New Start is the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between Moscow and Washington, it was extended for five years in 2021.The speech came ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile US President Joe Biden is to give a speech in Poland, painting the war as a struggle between democracy and autocracy after Monday’s high-stakes visit to Kyiv.
