Belarus Starts Nuclear Drills With Russia After Kyiv’s Warnings

Belarus announced that its armed forces would conduct snap nuclear exercises alongside Russian allies, following warnings from Kyiv that it could retaliate if Minsk becomes more deeply involved in the Kremlin’s war.

Missile units and the air force will practice the use and delivery of nuclear weapons in “unprepared locations” across Belarus, the defense ministry in Minsk said in a statement on Monday. It didn’t specify whether the drills would involve real nuclear warheads or merely simulate handling them.