Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin has announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus.
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He said Russia would maintain control over the tactical nuclear weapons and the construction of storage facilities for them in Belarus would be completed by July 1. Russia has used the territory of Belarus as a staging ground to send troops into Ukraine, and Moscow and Minsk have maintained close military ties.
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