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US President Joe Biden on Wednesday criticised Russia’s decision to suspend a key nuclear treaty, but said there was “no evidence” that Moscow was moving closer to actually using an atomic weapon. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia will maintain increased attention on boosting its nuclear forces in an address to mark Thursday’s Defender of the Fatherland public holiday and a day before the first anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
4:53am: Russia accuses Ukraine of planning to invade Moldova’s breakaway region
Russia’s defence ministry accused Ukraine on Thursday of planning to invade Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region after a false flag operation, the RIA news agency reported.
The ministry said Ukraine planned to stage an attack by purportedly Russian forces from Transnistria as a pretext for the invasion, according to RIA.
4:00am: Biden says no sign Russia mulling nuke use after treaty suspension
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday offered fresh criticism of Russia’s suspension of a key nuclear treaty, but stressed there was no indication Moscow was moving closer to actually using an atomic weapon.
“It’s a big mistake to do that, not very responsible,” Biden told ABC News in Poland on the sidelines of a meeting with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and eastern European leaders in Warsaw.
“But I don’t read into that that he’s thinking of using nuclear weapons or anything like that,” the US president added, noting that he had seen “no evidence” of any change in posture on nuclear arms use by Moscow.
2:04am: US considers release of intelligence on China’s potential arms transfer to Russia
The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows that China is weighing whether to supply weapons to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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