Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West. Putin said during Friday's meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that work on building facilities for the nuclear weapons will be completed by July 7-8, and they will be moved to Belarus quickly after that. The move comes as Ukraine has stepped up attacks in several sectors of the front line in what some observers see as the start of its long-expected counteroffensive. Russia used Belarus’ territory to send troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and has kept forces on Belarusian territory.
  • Wilshire@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
    143·
    1 year ago

    The puppet state of Belarus is going to join Russia in its collapse.

  • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    1 year ago

    Putin mentions nukes every 2 weeks. We’ve been habituated by his frequent mention of nukes. I won’t bat an eye until one actually goes off, for which I’m sure there are already plans in place to address by multiple countries, to include non-Western ones. Putin’s wanna be mind games are a broken record. I’m excited for when this guy is no longer in the news.

    • tetris11@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I hope the west is prepared, we’re looking a little dog-bites-tail on the coordinated front.

  • worfamerryman@beehaw.orgEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    So, a guy I see interviewed on YouTube claims to be an ex-cia agent. He said he was basically a James Bond kind of agent. I always doubt these kinds of people.

    Anyway, he was saying that Russia will give nukes to belarus and possibly have Belarus’s launch the nuke to Ukraine or Poland.

    After that who does nato retaliate against? Belarus? Russia?

    So if he is correct, then Belarus may be launching nukes.