Russia says it suspended nuclear pact because US was using it to help Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Russia was suspending its participation in New START and signed a law to that effect on Tuesday, drawing scorn from the West.
By REUTERS
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow had been forced to suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty because Washington was using it to help Ukraine attack Russian strategic sites.
Speaking at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Ryabkov said the United States and its Western allies wanted to see Russia strategically defeated in Ukraine and accused them of fanning conflict there.
"The situation further degraded after US attempts to 'probe' the security of Russian strategic facilities declared under the New START Treaty by assisting the Kyiv regime in conducting armed attacks against them," Ryabkov said.
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President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Russia was suspending its participation in New START and signed a law to that effect on Tuesday, drawing scorn from the West.
By REUTERS
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow had been forced to suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty because Washington was using it to help Ukraine attack Russian strategic sites.
Speaking at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Ryabkov said the United States and its Western allies wanted to see Russia strategically defeated in Ukraine and accused them of fanning conflict there.
"The situation further degraded after US attempts to 'probe' the security of Russian strategic facilities declared under the New START Treaty by assisting the Kyiv regime in conducting armed attacks against them," Ryabkov said.
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