(ANSA) - KIEV, MARCH 26 - Russia is holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage": said the secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, referring to yesterday's announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he wants to deploy nuclear weapons tactics in Belarus.
"The Kremlin has taken Belarus as a nuclear hostage," Danilov wrote on Twitter, adding that the move represents "a step towards internal destabilization of the country."
"Putin's statement on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, a step towards internal destabilization of the country, maximizes the level of negative perception and public rejection of Russia and Putin in Belarusian society. The Kremlin has taken Belarus as a nuclear hostage," it reads. in the tweet.
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