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Ukraine’s top security official has denounced the Kremlin’s plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus

Ukraine says Putin’s deal to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus destabilises neighbour

Moscow has ‘consistently broken its arms control commitments’

Senior US administration official says there are no signs Moscow intends to use its nuclear weapons

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense said on Saturday that there are no indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons after Moscow's announcement to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbor and ally Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union. Putin has previously issued thinly veiled warnings that he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if Russia were threatened, reviving…

The Russian president said that the escalation has come in response to western countries including Britain increasing their supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine

Russia's President says tactical nuclear weapons will be stationed in Belarus in the same way US nuclear weapons have been placed in Europe.

Move would be first time Moscow has stationed nuclear weapons outside Russia since mid-1990s