Ukraine Latest: Putin Plans to Station Nuclear Arms in Belarus
Ukrainian servicemen near Bakhmut, on March 24.
Photographer: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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Vladimir Putin said Russia is preparing to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, escalating a confrontation with the US and its allies. The Russian president said storing the weapons there won’t breach its non-proliferation obligations.
The head of the UN’s nuclear agency will travel to the Zaporizhzhia plant in the coming week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on its website. It will be the second time Rafael Mariano Grossi has crossed the front line in Ukraine to reach the facility, occupied by Russia for the past year.