Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Moscow's participation in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington and accused the West of escalating the conflict in Ukraine, ahead of a key speech by US President Joe Biden.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference center in central Moscow on February 21, 2023. Dmitry Astakhov/ Sputnik/ AFP
He said Moscow would no longer take part in the New START treaty for nuclear disarmament but would not pull out of the agreement altogether. On a visit to NATO member Poland on Tuesday, Biden told President Andrzej Duda he was coming "at a critical moment." "Nobody is attacking Russia. There's a kind of absurdity in the notion that Russia was under some form of military threat from Ukraine or anyone else," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters in Warsaw.
According to the latest estimates from Norway, the conflict has wounded or killed 180,000 Russian soldiers and 100,000 Ukrainian troops.In Ukraine on Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy blasted Russia for "mercilessly killing" civilians in the southern city of Kherson as local officials reported at least five deaths following strikes there.
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