Vladimir Putin has used a speech devoted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to rail against the West and announce that Moscow is suspending its participation in the last major nuclear arms control treaty with the US.
In the near two-hour address, which meandered from topic to topic, Mr Putin laid out a litany of well-worn grievances against Western nations – including blaming them for the start of the war in Ukraine and saying that they wanted to destroy Russia. “It’s they who have started the war. And we are using force to end it,” Mr Putin claimed.
