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In an address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), rattling the nuclear saber at the U.S. once again.
In defending his decision to suspend the pact, Putin accused the U.S. and NATO of “hypocrisy and cynicism” for supporting Ukraine and seeking to defeat Moscow in the ongoing war.
“And now they want to inspect our defense facilities?” Putin asked. “In the conditions of today’s confrontation, it sounds like sheer nonsense.”
New START was first enacted in 2010 and will expire in 2026 unless both nations extend it.
