Vladamir Putin announced Saturday that he will be moving some tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. These are not the giant intercontinental nukes that would end the world as we know it but smaller more strategic weapons to make specific gains on the battlefield. The US reacted cautiously to his statement as senior officials indicated that there were no signs that Putin was planning to use them. The move is seen as trying to intimidate the West in regards to the standoff with Ukraine and to distract the world view from focusing on Russia's internal problems. Putin compared this to the US stationing its nukes in Europe. However Putin does not intend to transfer control of them over to Belarus.
According to the senior officials in the US administration Russia and Belarus had been talking about this for some time. Putin has said that Russia would complete a storage facility for them to be placed in by July 1st
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...tation-nuclear-weapons-there-tass-2023-03-25/
According to the senior officials in the US administration Russia and Belarus had been talking about this for some time. Putin has said that Russia would complete a storage facility for them to be placed in by July 1st
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...tation-nuclear-weapons-there-tass-2023-03-25/