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Putin Proposes One More Year of Nuclear Caps With U.S.

Mr. Putin said Russia didn’t want to provoke a strategic arms race with the United States, but his offer is limited in scope.

© Pool photo by Alexander Kazakov

In this photograph distributed by the Russian state news agency Sputnik, President Vladimir V. Putin chairs a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
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Western Troops in Ukraine Before a Peace Deal Would Be ‘Targets’, Putin Says

The Russian leader made the threat a day after European leaders said they were willing to deploy forces on the ground to secure an agreement to end the war.

© Pool photo by Alexander Kazakov

A photo released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin, center, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Friday.
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