KYIV: Ukraine on Sunday (Mar 26) fiercely criticised plans by Russian President Vladimir Putin to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and called for an emergency United Nations Security Council session to
and called for an emergency United Nations Security Council session to address the move.
In a statement, Kyiv's foreign ministry described it as"another provocative step" by Moscow that undermines"the international security system as a whole". Putin said in his remarks on Saturday that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko had requested the stationing of the weapons. Minsk has not yet commented publicly on Putin's announcement.
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