Putin Says Russia to Place Nuclear Weapons in Belarus in July
A Russian Iskander nuclear-capable missile launcher in Moscow.
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Russia will begin moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday.
Construction of storage facilities in Belarus will be completed by July 7-8, allowing the transfer of the weapons to begin, Putin said in televised comments at the meeting in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi.