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Vladimir Putin says Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus
- The Russian president said: ‘There is nothing unusual here either: the US has … long placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies’
- Putin has repeatedly issued thinly veiled threats he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, reviving Cold War-era fears
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus.
Putin has repeatedly issued thinly veiled threats he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, reviving Cold War-era fears.
He also said he would deploy depleted uranium ammunition if Kyiv received such munitions from the West following a British suggestion that it could supply Ukraine.
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Belarusian President Lukashenko meets with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, amid Ukraine crisis
Belarusian President Lukashenko meets with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, amid Ukraine crisis
“There is nothing unusual here either: the United States has been doing this for decades. They have long placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies,” Putin said.
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Putin said he spoke to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and said “we agreed that we are to do the same.”
On the question of how Moscow would respond if the West supplied Ukraine with depleted uranium shells, following a suggestion by Britain it could supply Kyiv with the munitions, Putin said Russia had vast quantities of the weaponry.
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“Russia of course has what it needs to answer. Without, we have hundreds of thousands of such shells. We have not used them yet,” Putin said in an interview on Russian television.
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