Russia has begun moving and deploying tactical nuclear weapons to its ally Belarus.
The United States immediately sent a strong condemnation and warning, but Russia countered that it was not a violation of international law.
Reporter Ryu Jae-bok reports.
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Russian and Belarusian defense ministers have signed an agreement to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Nuclear weapons will be redeployed 30 years after Belarus gave up its nuclear weapons in accordance with the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.
Belarus has already sent a military unit to Russia last month to receive nuclear weapons training, focusing on the Iskander missile.
[빅토르 크레닌 / 벨라루스 국방장관 : 벨라루스 공화국 군인들은 러시아 연방으로부터 훈련을 받았고, 실용적인 기술을 얻었습니다.]
The mobile deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus means that nuclear weapons have approached the borders of NATO member states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
Russia, however, insisted that it had not violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and was abiding by all obligations under international law.
[세르게이 쇼이구 / 러시아 국방장관 : 러시아는 벨라루스에 핵무기를 양도하지 않았습니다. 핵무기 통제권과 사용 결정권은 여전히 러시아에 남아 있습니다.]
The United States immediately condemned it as irresponsible.
It warned of serious consequences if nuclear weapons were used, but said it had yet to find any indication of its use by Russia.
[카린 장 피에르 / 미 백악관 대변인 : (핵무기 이동은) 무책임하고 도발적인 선택입니다. 우리는 NATO 동맹의 집단 방어에 전념하고 있습니다.]
Russia recently mentioned the possibility of using nuclear weapons in protest of the Ukrainian military’s F-16 fighter pilot training.
The deployment of tactical nuclear weapons is expected to be used as a means of sending a warning to the West supporting Ukraine.
This is Jaebok Ryu from YTN.
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2023-05-25 22:02:00
