‘This is just the latest move by a nuclear bully,’ says analyst Heather Williams, reacting to Russian President Vladimir Putin suspending participation in the New START treaty, its last major arms control treaty with Washington
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Putin's suspension of the nuclear treaty was "deeply unfortunate and irresponsible". NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said it made the world more dangerous and urged Putin to reconsider.
NATO allies and other supporters have sent Ukraine tens of billions of dollars worth of arms and ammunition, with modern battle tanks promised and some mulling President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's appeals for fighter jets and longer-range missiles. Ukraine's military said Bakhmut city, the focus of Russian advances in the eastern region of Donetsk, came under shelling, along with 20 other settlements in the area.
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