Russia suspends only remaining major nuclear treaty with US

AP ^ | February 21st, 2023 | Vladimir Isachenkov

[shadowlands1960]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START treaty — the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States — sharply upping the ante amid tensions with Washington over the fighting in Ukraine.

Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address, Putin also said that Russia should stand ready to resume nuclear weapons tests if the U.S. does so, a move that would end a global ban on nuclear weapons tests in place since Cold War times.

Explaining his decision to suspend Russia’s obligations under New START, Putin accused the U.S. and its NATO allies of openly declaring the goal of Russia’s defeat in Ukraine.

“They want to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on us and try to get to our nuclear facilities at the same time,” he said, declaring his decision to suspend Russia’s participation in the treaty. “In this context, I have to declare today that Russia is suspending its participation in the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms.”

New START’s official name is The Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.

[SPDSHDW]

I would agree with you. Hitler’s rise to power was due to WWI and the insane terms forced on the Germans.

[nickfrost1]

Nobody in the world wants a nuclear war except your Putin.===

Putin don’t want nuclear war and any war. BUT his duty id to defend Russia interests.

there will be no one in his military willing to launch any type of nuclear weaponry knowing full well what the retaliation will be from NATO on Moscow and other major cities.==

The attack on Moscow means the immediate strike on Washington, New York and so on. It means full scale war. And generals of strategic forces will do it under standing order.

only Putin and the puppets who want their jobs. When push comes to shove and the order is given, those puppets will turn on Putin...........===

You so stupid if you think it seriously.

You should know how it works.

When Russian early warning system picks up a signal of starting of any missiles toward Russia at this moment Russia strategic missiles start too.

It working this way because it is needed to start Russian missiles ASAP and BEFORE any approaching missiles strike any targets in Russia. It prevents a so called “disarming strikes”.

So even when you are STARTING any missile toward Moscow you must say good bye to your own towns. So before your missiles will reach their targets you will see flying Russian missiles going to your direction.

The nuclear forces are on constant alert now. They are prepared to strike any time.

Their will be no calls and no hesitations because they need to put their missiles into air BEFORE the first strike reaches Russia.

That is how it works. You should think it over if you don’t know this.

[nickfrost1]

Bullshit, what does the Ukraine mean to the Russian people that they would support Putin’s attempt to destroy the country?==

It is NOT about Ukraine. It is about the Russian land Novorossiya and her people who live under Ukrainian regime. Russian liberates and defends them.

Many of those Russians have relatives in the Ukraine.........===

Yeah that is true. But our relatives are NOT Ukrainians but those Russians from Novorossiya which we now trying to defend.

[nickfrost1]