The claimed intention of Russian President Vladimir Putin to place nuclear weapons in Belarus’ neighbouring country was denounced by US President Joe Biden on Tuesday as “dangerous” language.
At the White House, Biden told reporters, “This is a dangerous kind of discourse and it’s disturbing.”
The head of the Kremlin declared on Saturday that he was directing the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which is ruled by Alexander Lukashenko, another authoritarian leader and one of Russia’s closest allies.
The initiative, which comes after more than a year of Moscow’s attempts to subjugate pro-Western Ukraine — a neighbour of both Russia and Belarus — has received condemnation from Washington.
The US government claims it has not observed any indications that Russia is really transferring nuclear weapons.
According to Biden, “they haven’t done it yet.”
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