'All the leading NATO countries have declared their main goal to inflict a strategic defeat on us,' Putin told state television channel Rossiya-1.
countries like the U.K. and France, as well as the U.S., after freezing a key nuclear arms control agreement.
Putin then asked state media host Pavel Zarubin, according to a readout from state news agency Tass:"Under these conditions, how can we not take into account their nuclear potential?"that he was suspending Russia's participation in the new START nuclear arms reduction treaty.
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