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West unites to condemn Putin for moving his nukes to Belarus

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The West has taken Vladimir Putin to task over his decision to send tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.
The West has taken Vladimir Putin to task over his decision to send tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.
Less than 24 hours after Putin promised to move his nuclear arsenal closer to Europe and Ukraine, the US, Germany and Nato criticised the Kremlin’s attempt at “nuclear intimidation”.
With Russia’s forces facing another humiliation over the struggle to capture Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Putin is expected to intensify his nuclear brinkmanship.
Oleksiy Danilov, one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top security advisers in Ukraine, claimed Russia’s plan would destabilise Belarus, which he said had become Moscow’s “nuclear hostage”.
Nato yesterday said it had yet to see “changes in Russia’s nuclear posture” to which it needed to react, but that Putin’s rhetoric was still “dangerous”.
“Nato is vigilant, and we are closely monitoring the situation,” said Oana Lungescu, a Nato spokesperson.
A US official earlier said Washington did not believe Russia was preparing to use a nuclear missile, referring to weapons with smaller blast yields meant for use on the battlefield rather than missiles capable of destroying whole cities.

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