Ukraine war: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Ukraine war: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus

16 June 2023

Russia has already stationed a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Vladimir Putin says.

Russia's president told a forum they would only be used if Russia's territory or state was threatened.

The US government says there is no indication the Kremlin plans to use nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine.

"We don't see any indications that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after Mr Putin's comments.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65932700

[raging moderate]

1. Headline: Putin inadvertently admits that Ukraine IS NOT part of Russia.

That would be the headline in the New York Times, if it were not controlled by our reactionary big-money boys.

[LW1977]

2. Because hitting a neighboring country with a nuke won't effect the country nuking..

[Lovie777]

3. Russia is fearful that the nuclear weapon can be used on them................

A lot of Belarusians hate Russia.

The amount of security must be quite expensive.