![]() ![]() The Russian president had postponed the state-of-the-nation address before: In 2017, the speech was rescheduled for early 2018. Peskov told reporters that the speech’s delay had to do with Putin’s "work schedule," but Russian media reports linked it to the multiple setbacks Russian forces have suffered on the battlefield in Ukraine. Peskov said journalists from those nations will be able to cover the speech by watching the broadcast. ![]() The Kremlin this year has barred media from "unfriendly" countries, the list of which includes the U.S., the U.K. LiveNOW from FOX's Rain Augustine speaks with Journalist and Host of the Black Diplomats Podcast, Terrell Jermaine Starr about the ongoing war. The attacks come after explosions rocked two air bases in Russia. Russia's war on Ukraine nears tenth month | LiveNOW from FOXĮxplosions are being reported across Ukraine as Russia unleashed its largest missle barrage in recent weeks. Underscoring the anticipation ahead of time, some state TV channels put out a countdown for the event starting Monday, and Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti on Tuesday morning said the address may be "historic." He said Russia must stand ready to resume nuclear weapons tests if the US does so. ![]() Putin said Tuesday in a major address that Russia was not fully withdrawing from the treaty yet. It caps the number of long-range nuclear warheads they can deploy and limits the use of missiles that can carry atomic weapons. The so-called New START Treaty was signed by Russia and the U.S. Putin also said that Russia would suspend its participation in a treaty aimed at keeping a lid on nuclear weapons expansion. He also accused Western nations of waging an attack on Russia’s economy with sanctions - but declared they hadn't "achieved anything and will not achieve anything." Putin accused the west of launching "aggressive information attacks" and taking aim at Russian culture, religion and values because it is aware that "it is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield." RELATED: Biden makes unannounced visit to Ukraine: 'One year later, Kyiv stands' And we are using force to end it," Putin said before an audience of lawmakers, state officials and soldiers who have fought in Ukraine. Many observers predicted it would also address Moscow’s fallout with the West - and Putin began with strong words for those countries. While the Constitution mandates that the president deliver the speech annually, Putin never gave one in 2022, as his troops rolled into Ukraine and suffered repeated setbacks.īefore the speech, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian leader would focus on the "special military operation" in Ukraine, as Moscow calls it, and Russia’s economy and social issues. He added that Russia is prepared to respond to that as "it will be a matter of our country’s existence." "They intend to transform the local conflict into a global confrontation." "Western elites aren’t trying to conceal their goals, to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ to Russia," Putin said in the speech broadcast by all state TV channels. Instead, he offered his personalized version of recent history, which discounted arguments by the Ukrainian government that it needed Western help to thwart a Russian military takeover. The Russian leader vowed no military let-up in Ukrainian territories he has illegally annexed, apparently rejecting any peace overtures in a conflict that has reawakened fears of a new Cold War. Observers are expected to scour it for signs of how Putin sees the conflict, which has become bogged down, and what tone he might set for the year ahead. Biden spoke alongside Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. President Biden made a surprise trip to Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country. President Biden makes surprise trip to Ukraine ahead of war anniversary ![]()
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