Russia has stationed nuclear weapons in Belarus as warning to the West, says Putin It is believed Putin was referring to short-range nuclear warheads, the first time they have been stationed outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union
The Russian President made the comments after speaking at the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg on Friday.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine“As you know we were negotiating with our ally, Belarusian President Lukashenko, that we would move a part of these tactical nuclear weapons to the territory of Belarus – this has happened,” said Mr Putin.
The US has criticised Russia’s deployment of nuclear weapons but said it has not seen any evidence they are likely to be used. “The war in Ukraine was begun by the Ukrainian regime with the support of their Western sponsors in 2014”, he said.“I was forced to use the armed forces in response to the request of the Donetsk in order to stop this armed operation.”
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