Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus’s borders with NATO

Russia move its tactical nuclear weapons near the western borders of belarusthe Russian envoy to Minsk said on Sunday, placing them on the doorstep of NATO in a move that is likely to further escalate Moscow’s confrontation with the West.

In one of the most pronounced nuclear signals in Russia since the beginning of his invasion of Ukraine 13 months ago, the president Vladimir Putin said on March 26 that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

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The two neighbors are formally part of a “state of union” and they have been in talks for years to integrate further, a process that has accelerated after Minsk allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory to send troops to Ukraine last year.

The weapons “will move to the western border of our union state and increase the chances of ensuring security”said the Russian ambassador to Belarus, Boris Gryzlovto the Belarusian state television.

“This will be done despite the noise in Europe and the United States.”

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Gryzlov did not specify where the weapons will be stationed, but confirmed that a warehouse will be completed by July 1, as ordered by Putinand then it will move to the west of belarus.

belarus it borders to the north with Lithuania and Latvia and to the west with Polandall of them part of the eastern flank of the NATO which has been reinforced with extra soldiers and military equipment after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

USA and kyiv’s other allies have raised concerns about the possibility of Russia sending tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, with President Joe Biden calling it “troubling.”

President Alexander Lukashenko stated on Friday that belarus would also allow Russia place intercontinental nuclear missiles there if necessary.

Source: Elcomercio

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