: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Criticizing NATO, Putin Underlines Need for Nuclear Deterrence


President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia must maintain its nuclear deterrence because of what he described as a growing number of possible security threats.

With ties between Moscow and the West tense over the crisis in Ukraine, Putin signed a decree that gives him more control over a commission that oversees the defense industry and made a new call for Russia to become less reliant on Western parts.

He said NATO was using rhetoric over the Ukraine crisis to “resuscitate itself” and noted that Russia had warned repeatedly that it would have to respond to such moves.

Shortly before he spoke, Russia …read more

Source: Voice of America

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