Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced in a nearly two-hour speech on Tuesday the unilateral suspension of the longstanding New START agreement that limits American and Russian nuclear development, describing Western support for Ukraine amid an ongoing Russian invasion as an existential threat to Russia. The European Union claims that it has warned Communist China that supplying arms to Russia would cross a “red line” and have “consequences”. North Korea’s recent resumption of missile tests underscores its resolve to win international recognition as a legitimate nuclear state and receive outside concessions

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