Vladimir Putin says deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus will begin ‘immediately’ after preparations are complete in a matter of weeks.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the missile plans today
Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7-8, he added.last year, Putin has repeatedly warned Russia would be ready to use nuclear weapons if needed to defend its ‘territorial integrity’. Ben Barry, senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said reports of German-made Leopard tanks and U.S. Bradley armoured vehicles seen near Tokmak south of Orikhiv, if confirmed, would provide the first evidence that Ukraine’s new brigades of Western-armed troops had joined the battle.
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