War Talk Returns to Russian TV as U.S. Ties Hit Deep Freeze
- State TV warns of ‘nuclear dimension’ to conflict with U.S.
- Kremlin push to ease sanctions in tatters as relations sour
The Kremlin buildings sit on Red Square in Moscow.
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Russian state television is back on a war footing.
This time, the ramped-up rhetoric follows the collapse of cease-fire efforts in Syria. As the U.S. and Russia accused each other of sinking diplomacy, Moscow increased its military presence in the Mediterranean and Baltic regions, and suspended a nuclear non-proliferation treaty. A prime-time news program warned that the U.S. wants to provoke a conflict.