Thread 🧵: What does the Russian withdrawal from the START Treaty mean?

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The Russian withdrawal from the START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) treaty has significant implications for international security and arms control. 2/6

The START treaty is a bilateral agreement between the United States and Russia that limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads and delivery systems that each country can possess.

Speech started, I will be covering it. Nothing so far, he’s talking about the economy and covid-19

⚡️Swedish PM: “We’ve been in contact with the danish gov to share information on all levels”

via: @Inc2Get ⚡️ “We’re discussing a format to launch an investigation”

“We don’t rule out any scenarios”

“It looks like a sabotage”

⚡️Prediction for the next few weeks/months:

-Russia will declare war on Ukraine before November.

-Although highly unlikely, nukes could be used in the coming months.

-We’ll see a heavy push for Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia.

-After Odessa and Zaporizhia Russia will go for kharkiv -Although highly unlikely, but after the new year starts, there’s a possibility both Belarus and Russia will go for Kyiv.

-The entire Donbas will be captured before December.

- The encirclement of Zaporizhia city will begin within 6 weeks