The defense ministers of both countries seal the protocols for storing tactical weapons under the Minsk umbrella. Moscow stresses that its use will be its exclusive competence.

The Kremlin paved the way for this deployment of nuclear weapons with the suspension of the New Start agreement in February. Despite the freezing of the agreement and the transfer of this type of weapons, the United States published last week a list of all nuclear warheads "to show the commitment to show the conduct" of Russia. The decision was made to respond to the western borders of Russia and Belarus, the Russian defense minister said Thursday.