/ world today news/ The transfer of Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus began on May 25, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday.
Earlier that day in Minsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin signed an agreement on the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. Shoigu emphasized that these weapons will be controlled by Russia.
In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that at the request of the Belarusian president, the two countries had agreed to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. From April 3, the training of the relevant personnel began, and the construction of facilities for the storage of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus will be completed by July 1.
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