Bluffing or not, Putin’s declared deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus raises tensions

Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto NATO’s doorstep.

By Associated Press

July 27, 2023

Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

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