green on the world stage. in front of a crowd of his many 3000 people in warsaw, poland, president joe biden renewed his steadfast commitment to the people of ukraine. well in moscow russian president vladimir putin delivered a defiant state of the nation address. his first since launching the invasion of ukraine nearly one year ago. putin repeated the lies that he has been spewing for a year, claiming that the west started the war, which he still refers to only as a, quote, special military operation. the russian president also announced he will stop participating in the new stark treaty which is the sole remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the united states and russia. and warsaw president biden responded to putin s threats to their claim that america and its allies will never back down. one year into this war, put a no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continuing to sup
president joe biden renewed his steadfast commitment to the people of ukraine, while in moscow, russia has a lot of with the deliberative defined state fast of a nation address. his first since launching the invasion of ukraine nearly one year ago. putin repeated the lies that he has been spewing for a year, claiming that the west started the war, which he still refers to only as a, quote, special military operation. the russian president also announced he will stop participating in the new start treaty which is the sole remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the united states and russia. in warsaw, president biden responded to putin s threats to their claim that america and its allies will never back down. one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support the ukraine. he doubts that nato can remain unified. but there should be no doubt. our
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the kremlin desperately wants to restore that empire. these days, putin is trying to strengthen those ties by attempting to lure belarus into this war with ukraine, meeting with belarusian president alexander lukashenko just last week. what we have just learned that putin s plans for the small country do not end there. according to a document obtained by yahoo news, which has not been independently verified by nbc news, putin s government has plans to take full control over belarus within a few years. quote, according to the document, issued in the fall of 2021, the end goal is the formation of a so-called union state of russia and belarus by no later than 2030. michael weiss broke the story for yahoo news. he s also the host of foreign office, a podcast on intelligence and national security produced by the free russia foundation and newlines magazine. michael weiss, it s good to have you here. what exactly does this document tell us about russia s plans for belarus? it is important
alexander lukashenko just last week. what we have just learned that putin s plans for the small country do not end there. according to a document obtained by yahoo news, which has not been independently verified by nbc news, putin s government has plans to take full control over belarus within a few years. quote, according to the document, issued in the fall of 2021, the end goal is the formation of a so-called union state of russia and belarus by no later than 2030. michael weiss broke the story for yahoo news. he s also the host of foreign office, a podcast on intelligence and international committee produced by the free russia foundation and newlines magazine. michael weiss, it s good to have you here. what exactly does this document tell us about russia s plans for belarus? it is important to remember that since the mid 1990s, the union state concept has existed and was indeed certified in the form of a treaty between russia and belarus. but it never really picked up steam. it wa