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President Putin has delivered a fiercely anti-Western, nationalistic, set-piece address to Russian parliamentarians in an attempt to justify his invasion of Ukraine. He blamed the West for the year-long war, accusing it of trying to make Ukraine into an 'anti-Russia' and saying the existence of his nation was at stake. Mr Putin promised to continue the campaign step-by-step, but made no declarations of new offensives and was unable to announce any new military victories. However, he did announce that Russia will suspend participation in the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, known as the New Start Treaty. Joseph Cirincione was the Director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and told the Â鶹Éç what this means he think's Putin's speech means. (Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow Credit: Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Kremlin via Reuters)