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2023-03-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin says Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

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Posted by Fred 2023-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 Putin: Russia to station nuclear weapons in Belarus

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-26 01:36|| 2023-03-26 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 ISW 3/25: Putin has likely sought to deploy Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus since before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and has likely chosen this moment to do so in order to serve the immediate information operation he is now conducting. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to host Russia nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory on November 30, 2021, and Belarus removed the constitutional clause enshrining Belarus’ neutral status in a referendum in February 2022.[16] ISW forecasted in January and February 2022 that Putin might seek to deploy tactical or strategic nuclear weapons to Belarus as part of a broader effort to deepen Russian control over Belarus.[17] Putin likely refrained from deploying the weapons to Belarus at the start of the 2022 invasion in order to preserve the option to deploy them as part of a future Russian information operation to manipulate the West.

Posted by Fleter Crasing2148 2023-03-26 06:04|| 2023-03-26 06:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Ask the Poles if they would like a few dozen nukes stationed on their territory. The Ukrainians will make their own.

Posted by Fleter Crasing2148 2023-03-26 06:07|| 2023-03-26 06:07|| Front Page Top

#4 What makes you think the Poles don't already have nukes on their territory?

Posted by Eohippus Spoter8792 2023-03-26 11:31|| 2023-03-26 11:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Along with a "security force", I assume.
Just to make sure Lukashenko keeps nodding his head.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-03-26 13:47|| 2023-03-26 13:47|| Front Page Top

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