Belarus has borders with three NATO members \u002D Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
Putin told state television that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had long raised the issue of stationing tactical nuclear weapons in his country.
“We agreed that we will do the same – without violating our obligations, I emphasize, without violating our international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.”Russia will have completed the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July 1.Article content
“They have allies in certain countries and they train … their crews. We are going to do the same thing.”Russia has stationed 10 aircraft in Belarus capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, Putin said, adding that Moscow had already transferred to Belarus a number of Iskander tactical missile systems that can launch nuclear weapons.
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