Putin Warns, Russia Poised to Deploy , Tactical Nuclear Weapons.
On June 9, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in early July.
NBC reports that this is the first time Moscow has moved nuclear weapons outside of Russia since the Soviet Union fell in 1991.
According to Putin, the weapons will be deployed once special storage facilities have been completed.
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Preparation of the relevant facilities ends on July 7-8, and we will immediately begin activities related to the deployment of appropriate types of weapons on your territory, Vladimir Putin, Russian President, via NBC.
Putin went on to claim the United States and its allies' efforts to arm Ukraine are part of a proxy war against Russia.
NBC reports that Putin, who claims the war is a response to NATO expansion, warned that Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in March.
NBC reports that Putin, who claims the war is a response to NATO expansion, warned that Russia would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in March.
In response, NATO and China have both repeatedly cautioned Moscow on the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine.
In response, NATO and China have both repeatedly cautioned Moscow on the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine.
However, both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have firmly stated that they are unwilling to back down.
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However, both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have firmly stated that they are unwilling to back down.
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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, vast numbers of Soviet nuclear arms were returned from newly independent republics to Russia.
NBC points out that only the U.S. has ever unleashed the power of nuclear weapons in a conflict, dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
