Kyiv said Russia was holding Minsk as a 'nuclear hostage' after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.
KYIV — Kyiv on Sunday said Russia was holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage" after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.
On Saturday, Putin said he and Lukashenko "agreed" Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus "without violating our international agreements on nuclear non-proliferation." "[Putin] admits that he is afraid of losing and all he can do is scare" people, Podolyak also said on Twitter.
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