… the resources of the United States of America because they don't really care about the risk of nuclear war. They care about their. Well, their profits. But here is what Putin said, to prevent the emergence of a new strategic arms race and to preserve an acceptable degree of predictability and restraint, we consider it reasonable to maintain at this turbulent time the status quo established under New Start. Accordingly, Russia is prepared to continue observing the treaty's central quantitative restrictions for a year after February 5, 2026. Oh, February 5, that's today. (09:40–09:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that Putin stated the importance of maintaining the status quo under New Start to prevent a new arms race.
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