Putin Delivers a Nuclear Warning to the West Over Ukraine

• Putin Delivers a Nuclear Warning to the West Over Ukraine
  by Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin, https://www.reuters.com/
  Summary
  • Putin warns West: impossible to defeat Russia
  • Suspends participation in START nuclear arms treaty
  • Puts new strategic nuclear weapons on combat duty
  • Says Russia will resume nuclear tests if U.S. does
  • /world/europe/putins-address-russias-parliament-2023-02-21/

  MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine, suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had been put on combat duty and warning that Moscow could resume nuclear tests.
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  Speaking nearly a year to the day since ordering an invasion that has triggered the biggest confrontation with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis, Putin said Russia would achieve its war aims and accused the West of trying to destroy Russia.
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