Vlad drops out
Putin suspends nuclear arms treaty with the US, casting Ukraine as a battle for Russia's survival; Beijing would like a word
If there was any doubt about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to keep Russia bogged down and bleeding to death in Ukraine, his state-of-the-nation speech Tuesday in Moscow dispelled it.
Speaking a day after U.S. President Joe Biden’s surprise house call on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a year after his forces invaded, Putin cas…