Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message to the people on the Day of Defense of the Fatherland on the 23rd, Russia's victory day, "We will strengthen nuclear weapons," and said, "Sarmat," a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with nuclear weapons, and hypersonic weapons Yomiuri reported on the 23rd that 'Kinjal' was cited as a specific example of reinforcement.
In the message, President Fu justified the invasion of Ukraine by calling the Soviet soldiers "a shining example of patriotism" in commemoration of the victory over Nazi Germany and saying, "We are fighting heroically to protect the people living in our historic territory."
The Russian House of Representatives and the Senate approved the suspension of implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a nuclear disarmament system between the United States and Russia announced by President Putin in his State of the Union address on the 22nd.
President Putin announced the suspension of implementation of New Start in his State of the Union Address on the 21st, and submitted a bill requesting approval to the Congress.
The framework of New Start is to limit the number of warheads of long-range nuclear weapons of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) type, and has no direct influence on the Ukrainian front.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Lyavkov, who is in charge of nuclear disarmament negotiations with the United States, said on the 22nd that “Russia will abide by the limit on the number of deployed nuclear weapons even amid the suspension of the New Start Treaty.” “Russia's future response depends on the United States.” .
Regarding the suspension of New Start, Yomiuri said, “Putin is believed to be trying to shake the United States by bringing up the only surviving nuclear disarmament treaty between the United States and Russia.”