Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Moscow would deploy " tactical
" nuclear weapons
on the territory of its ally, Belarus, a country located at the gates of the European Union.
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“
There is nothing unusual here: the United States has been doing this for decades.
They have long been deploying their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies
,” Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Russian television.
“
We agreed with President Lukashenko that we would place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus without violating the non-proliferation regime
,” Vladimir Putin said.
Russia will have completed construction of a tactical nuclear weapons storage facility in Belarus by July 1, the Russian president said, adding that Russia would not actually transfer arms control to Minsk.
Russia has already stationed 10 aircraft in Belarus capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, he added.
