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Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin suspends key US-Russia nuclear treaty in speech denouncing West

PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 21, 2023.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine: A visual timeline of the war
By Morgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, Bill Hutchinson, Ivan Pereira, Patricio Chile, Kevin Shalvey, Julia Jacobo, Teddy Grant, Jon Haworth, Mary Kekatos
Last Updated: February 23, 2023, 8:18 PM

Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout the east and south.

Putin's forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led a counteroffensive targeting the southern port city. Russian drones have continued bombarding civilian targets throughout Ukraine, knocking out critical power infrastructure as winter sets in.

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Latest headlines:

  • US believes Russia held failed ICBM test 2 days before Biden visited Ukraine
  • Putin suspends US-Russia nuclear treaty
  • Putin opens Moscow speech on 'historic events'
  • Biden in Kyiv says Putin was 'dead wrong'
  • Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine
Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.

Feb 23, 2023 8:18 PM

China pushes back against US claims it may supply weapons to Russia

The United States' claims that they have intelligence showing China plans to provide weapons to Russia to assist in the ongoing war in Ukraine will impede the "political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis" and "will also further damage" China-US relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a press conference Thursday.

Wenbin called US claims of intelligence "nothing more than catching up on the wind, slandering and discrediting China."

"Since the outbreak of the crisis in Ukraine, China has been steadfast in dialogue. While standing on peace, it has persuaded and introduced peace in its own way and played a constructive role in resolving the crisis in line with the situation," Wenbin said.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman and Karson Yiu


Mar 10, 2023 8:28 PM

Eiffel Tower lit up in blue and yellow

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been lit up in blue and yellow in honor of the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine.

PHOTO: The Eiffel Tower is lit up in the national blue-and-yellow colors of Ukraine, to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Paris, Feb. 23, 2023.
Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
The Eiffel Tower is lit up in the national blue-and-yellow colors of Ukraine, to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Paris, Feb. 23, 2023.
Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
PHOTO: This photograph taken on Feb. 23, 2023, shows the Eiffel Tower lit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in a show of support to Ukraine, one year after Russia launched a military invasion on the country, in Paris.
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
This photograph taken on Feb. 23, 2023, shows the Eiffel Tower lit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in a show of support to Ukraine, one year after Russia launched a military invasion on the country, in Paris.
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

PHOTO: Bystanders watch the Eiffel Tower lit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in a show of support to Ukraine, one year after Russia launched a military invasion on the country, in Paris on Feb. 23, 2023.
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
Bystanders watch the Eiffel Tower lit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in a show of support to Ukraine, one year after Russia launched a military invasion on the country, in Paris on Feb. 23, 2023.
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

-ABC News' Alexandra Faul


Feb 23, 2023 7:15 PM

13 million people have been displaced due to the war in Ukraine

A year into the war in Ukraine, 13 million people have been displaced, including nearly 8 million refugees across Europe and more than 5 million internally displaced in Ukraine, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement Thursday.

"The vast majority of refugees and internally displaced Ukrainians – some 77% and 79%, respectively – want to return home one day, however, only 12% of both refugees and [internally displaced people] plan to do so in the next three months," the UNHCR said in a press release.

-ABC News' Zoe Magee



Feb 22, 2023 6:16 PM

Air raid sirens go off across Ukraine; 4 airstrikes in Kharkiv injure 2

Air raid sirens went off across Ukraine on Wednesday due to jets taking off in Belarus.

There were four strikes from Russian S-300 missiles on industrial infrastructure facilities in central Kharkiv, the head of Kharkiv's Regional Military Administration Oleh Synegubov said.

Two men, ages 46 and 57, were injured from the attacks. They have both been hospitalized.

In Izyum, a city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, a 55-year-old civilian stepped on a "petal" mine. He was hospitalized with an explosive wound, Synehubov said.

One person was killed and another person was injured from fighting in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Tuesday, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

-ABC News' Natalia Kushnir


Feb 21, 2023 11:45 AM

Putin suspends US-Russia nuclear treaty

Russia has suspended the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

But he emphasised that Russia was not leaving the treaty yet, only suspending its participation in its for the time-being.

He blamed the suspension on the West, saying relations had degraded and that it was impossible currently to allow American inspections of Russian strategic nuclear sites.

PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 21, 2023.
Sputnik/via Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 21, 2023.
Sputnik/via Reuters

Putin's decision was announced on Tuesday as he gave an annual state-of-the-union speech in Moscow, days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the invasion into Ukraine.

He also accused the United States of considering restarting nuclear bomb tests and threatened that Russia would hold them too if that happened.

PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen during his annual address to the Federal Assembly, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Feb. 21, 2023.
Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen during his annual address to the Federal Assembly, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Feb. 21, 2023.
Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters

That will be interpreted as a veiled threat in relation to the war in Ukraine -- experts have feared Russia might conduct a nuclear bomb test to intimidate Kyiv and its Western allies. Putin ordered Russia’s military to prepare the possibility to hold a test.

“Some actors in Washington are thinking about testing nuclear weapons,” he said. “The defense ministry and RosAtom must prepare also to conduct nuclear tests in case of necessity. But Russia will not conduct it first.”

-ABC News' Patrick Reevell


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