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The Russian president emphasized that Moscow was not withdrawing from the pact altogether, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said the country would respect the treaty\u2019s caps on nuclear weapons and keep notifying the U.S. about test launches of ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the interview with Russia 1 television broadcast Sunday \u2014 two days after the one-year anniversary of the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine \u2014 Putin said that while NATO countries are not party to the treaty, they became part of the \u201cdiscussions on the issue,\u201d which Moscow doesn\u2019t object to, especially since it can\u2019t ignore NATO\u2019s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin alleged that the West wants to eliminate Russia, a notion that he has repeatedly used to justify Russian aggression in Ukraine. \u201cThey have one goal: to disband the former Soviet Union and its fundamental part \u2014 the Russian Federation,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the West succeeds in destroying Russia and establishing control, he claimed, the Russian people may not survive as a unified nation. \u201cThere will be Muscovites, Uralians and others,\u201d he said of Russia\u2019s possible fragmentation. The West could only partly accept Russia into the so-called \u201cfamily of civilized peoples,\u201d breaking the country into separate pieces, he theorized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Joe Biden countered Putin\u2019s claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/02\/21\/us-and-allies-have-ukraines-back-biden-says-in-poland\/\" target=\"_blank\">in a speech in Poland on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia. The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today. 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