Putin blames Ukraine war on west in near two-hour Moscow speech

The Russian president Vladimir Putin has given a televised national address to the joint houses of the Russian parliament, in which he blamed the west for starting the war in Ukraine.
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Putin said the west had begun 'not just a military and information, but an economic, aggression' against Russia. He also announced he was suspending the country's participation in a nuclear treaty with the US.

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