President Vladimir Putin said Russia will maintain increased attention on boosting its nuclear forces in an address to mark Thursday's Defender of the Fatherland public holiday and a day before the first anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine
On the eve of the Feb. 24 anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had engaged in verbal sparring, highlighting the global tensions between the superpowers.
In Warsaw on Wednesday, Biden warned the suspension of START was a "big mistake" but said, "I don't read into that that he's thinking of using nuclear weapons or anything like that."to agreed limits on nuclear missiles and keep informing the United States about changes in its deployments. "We have heard implicit threats to use nuclear weapons. The so-called tactical use of nuclear weapons is utterly unacceptable. It is high time to step back from the brink," Guterres said.On Wednesday, Putin welcomed China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, to the Kremlin, and announced that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would visit Russia, saying relations had reached "new frontiers".
Russia controls nearly a fifth of Ukraine, after suffering three major battlefield setbacks last year in its "special military operation" to protect Russian security.In recent weeks, Russia launched an offensive in eastern Ukraine, but has made only marginal gains despite some heavy losses.
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