President of the U.S.A Joe Biden he said in an interview he gave to ABC that he doesn’t make decisions Vladimir Putin temporarily suspend Russia’s participation in the new START treaty in a sign that the Kremlin leader is considering the use of nuclear weapons, although he called it a “big mistake”.

“It’s a big mistake to do this. Not very responsible. But I don’t take this as an indication that he thinks about using nuclear weapons,” the US president said.

The same characterization (s.b. “big mistake”) was used yesterday Wednesday by the US President during a meeting with the leaders of the “Bucharest Nine” (nine countries of Eastern Europe that are members of NATO) in Warsaw. He reiterated that he would defend “every inch of NATO territory” in an attempt to reassure NATO allies in the east wing once developed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday the suspension of his country’s participation in the new START treaty with the United States on the limitation of nuclear weapons. The treaty provides for limiting the number of nuclear weapons that each country develops, as well as inspections of nuclear facilities.

Russia: Putin announces beefing up nuclear arsenal

Ahead of Russian Armed Forces Day, Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that his country would continue building up its nuclear arsenal and begin mass production of hypersonic missiles.

In his speech at the Defender of the Fatherland Day, the Kremlin authority said that this year the first Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile launch systems (known in the West as Satan-2) will be deployed.

At the same time, “we will continue mass production of Kinzhal hypersonic air-to-ground missiles and begin mass production of Zirkon anti-ship hypersonic missiles,” Putin said.

Demonstration of the unity of Russia and China

The day after Joe Biden’s show of resolve, declaring from Warsaw that “Russia will never win in Ukraine,” it is Moscow and Beijing’s turn to step up their own show of unity in the face of what they perceive as American hegemony. in international affairs.

On the eve of the first anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, No. 1 in the hierarchy of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi visited the Kremlin to meet with Vladimir Putin. In a brief dialogue between the two men in front of television cameras, the Russian president announced that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would soon visit Moscow, and stressed that relations between the two countries are developing dynamically, reaching “new frontiers.”

^{According to REUTERS}