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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Russia’s decision to suspend participation in its last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the U.S. is “deeply unfortunate and irresponsible.”
“We’ll be watching carefully to see what Russia actually does,” Blinken told reporters. “We’ll, of course, make sure that in any event we are postured appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country was suspending its participation in the New START Treaty during his state-of-the-nation address on Tuesday, in which he railed against the West’s participation in the war in Ukraine.
“We aren’t fighting the Ukrainian people,” Putin said, one day after President Biden made surprise visit to Ukraine in a show of support.
