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Russia has struck deal to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, says Putin

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

Evening Standard

Putin says Russia to place tactical nuclear arms in Belarus

President Vladimir Putin said Russia is preparing to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, escalating a confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over the war in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

What are tactical nuclear weapons and what is Russia's policy?

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has a deal to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus and that this would not violate non-proliferation agreements.

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What did Putin say on tactical nuclear weapons and Belarus?

President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. Here are his key remarks on the subject, made on state television and translated by Reuters.

Reuters

Zelensky: No Ukrainian counter-offensive until we get more weapons

Ukrainian leader urges allies to send promised ammunitions quickly ahead of spring counter-offensive

Evening Standard

Evil Putin plotted 'total cleansing' of Ukraine with civilians taken to concentration camps

Russia's Federal Security Service had orders "from the very top" of Putin's government to take Ukrainian citizens and march them to their deaths in newly released emails

Daily Mirror

Russia to station nuclear arms in Belarus, says Putin

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday urged Belarus not to host Russian nuclear weapons, saying it could face further sanctions if it did.

France 24

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Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus

The Independent UK

Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, US reacts cautiously

Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, sending a warning to NATO over its military support for Ukraine and escalating a standoff with the West.

Reuters

IBA launches probe after wrong Russian anthem played at boxing Worlds

NEW DELHI: The host organisers on Saturday faced major embarrassment after the wrong national anthem of Russia was played during the 70kg medal ceremony at the women’s World boxing championships here.

The Times of India

Hungary would not arrest Putin despite ICC warrant, official says

As an ICC member state, Hungary is obligated to follow through with an arrest but has walked a tightrope with Russia this past year.

Axios

Ukraine’s Top Soldier Says Situation in Embattled Bakhmut Is Stabilizing

Ukrainian forces have managed to blunt Russia's offensive in and around the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, where the situation is stabilizing, commander in chief General Valery Zaluzhniy said on Saturday. Separately, Britain's defense ministry said the months-long Russian assault on the city had stalled, mainly as a result of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine says Bakhmut situation is stabilising, Putin plays down tank shortage

Ukrainian forces have managed to blunt Russia's offensive in and around the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, where the situation is stabilising, commander in chief General Valery Zaluzhniy said on Saturday.

Reuters

Hungary: Criticism makes it hard to cooperate with West

Hungary's foreign minister says the West’s steady criticism of his country on democratic and cultural issues makes the right-wing government reluctant to offer support on practical matters, specifically NATO’s buildup against Russia

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UN accuses Russia, Ukraine forces of 'summary executions' of prisoners

The United Nations has expressed concern over what it said were summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.

The Independent UK

Ukraine says battle for Bakhmut is 'stabilizing'

The top commander of Ukraine’s military said Saturday that his forces are pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's daughter rules young Russians aren't patriotic enough on social media

Katerina Tikhonova, who heads the Innopraktika Institute in Moscow, says research shows “patriotism” is distinctly lacking among a generation losing its men to Putin’s bloody war in Ukraine

Reuters

Putin and Erdogan held phone call, discussed grain deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

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Russia pardons 5,000 former criminals after fighting in Ukraine, Prigozhin says

More than 5,000 former criminals have been pardoned after finishing their contracts to fight in Russia's Wagner mercenary group against Ukraine, the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Qualifier Upsets Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in Miami

Russian qualifier Varvara Gracheva overpowered fourth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-2, 6-2 on Friday in the second round of the Miami Open. Jabeur, who is ranked fifth in the WTA, twice sought assistance from the training staff. She has been slowed by a knee injury this year, perhaps playing a…

The News Lens

Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War

China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.

Evening Standard

Russian attack on Bakhmut ‘stalls’ amid tensions between army and Wagner Group, says UK

It comes after Ukrainian military officials claimed Russia’s Wagner mercenaries are “running out of steam”

The Guardian - AU

Moscow ‘has deal with Belarus to station nuclear weapons’, says Putin – as it happened

Russia’s president says deal struck to station weapons on ally’s territory, according to Tass news agencyWhat we know on day 395 of the invasion

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack

As Russian observers hunt for clues of a spring offensive, Ukraine’s land forces chief suggests an unlikely strategy

The Guardian - UK

Aliaksandr Ivulin: ‘It’s not very safe to be a footballer in Belarus now’

State opposition leads to prison while the national team plays all games away from home due to the nation’s support of Russia

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