Live Updates | Russia Suspends Participation in Last Remaining Nuclear Treaty With US

Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently delivering a speech addressing the nation. Scroll down to check latest updates on Putin's Speech.

President Vladimir Putin is delivering a major speech to Russia’s elite, assessing the invasion he ordered a year ago. Putin's speech will focus on what he casts as the "special military operation" in Ukraine, give his analysis of the international situation and outline his vision of Russia's development after the West slapped on the severest sanctions in recent history.

Russian President Vladimir Putin began his address to the Federal Assembly with a familiar refrain: Russia had no choice but to attack Ukraine. Putin claimed that the West was preparing to turn Ukraine into a launchpad bristling with weapons to attack Russia, meaning that Moscow had to act before it could do so.

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21 February 2023

21 February 2023 16:47 IST

Putin Speech Live Updates

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was suspending its participation in the New START treaty with the United States that limits the two sides' strategic nuclear arsenals. "In this regard, I am forced to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty," Putin told lawmakers towards the end of a major speech to parliament, nearly one year into the war in Ukraine.

21 February 2023 16:14 IST

Russia-Ukraine Live Updates: US Official Criticises ‘Absurdity’ of Putin’s Speech

A leading official in the United States has described Putin’s claims that the West and Kyiv are to blame for the war in Ukraine as an “absurdity.”