MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical ... argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of ...

Russia plans to deploy nuclear arms in ... Putin told the Rossiya-1 TV channel that a depot to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would be completed by July of this year.

Russia has again hinted that it is making changes to its official policy on the use of nuclear weapons, as Ukraine’s ...

The defense minister of Belarus said Tuesday that the country closely allied with Russia will put forth a new military doctrine that for the first time provides for the use of nuclear weapons.

In November, it was also reported that Russia continued to relocate components of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in mid-September. According to railway workers, occupiers transferred two ...

Russia holds regular drills with strategic nuclear weapons. In April, Belarus's long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko said "several dozen" tactical nuclear weapons were stationed in his country.

"I know for sure that Ukraine would be very happy if Russia or we used tactical nuclear weapons ... Lukashenko last week warned that Belarus would "use nuclear weapons if the enemy crosses the ...

Tactical nuclear weapons contain small ... Speaking on Russian state TV, Mr Lukashenko said he did not only let Russia station nuclear weapons in Belarus, "We demanded them back," he said.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has begun the third stage of drills to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons ... of the drills in May and ally Belarus joined the second stage in June.

Russia’s nuclear threats over the course of the war are a tactic to contain US involvement in Ukraine, experts say.

According to an August 25 statement from the Ukrainian foreign ministry, “Belarus ... tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, in March 2023, Putin announced that Russia would station ...

"There would be no… sympathetic countries left." RUSSIA, BELARUS RUN SECOND STAGE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS DRILLS IN RESPONSE TO 'WESTERN PROVOCATION' Concerns over nuclear escalation in the ...