Putin strikes deal with Belarus to station nuclear weapons there

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Russian state media has claimed that Vladimir Putin plans to store nuclear weapons in allied nation Belarus.

According to TASS, the Russian President said Russia would train troops and construct a “special storage facility” for the weapons.

He said: “We have already handed over to Belarus our well-known, very effective Iskander complex, it can also be a carrier.

“From April 3, we will start training the crew and on July 1 we will complete the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus”.

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