[…] Putin revealed that Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons might arrive in Belarus as early as this summer amid Minsk’s repeated calls to deploy such weapons on its territory.
He noted that Russia would not hand over control of any of those tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.
Explaining the need for the move, the Russian head of state cited the UK’s decision to provide Kiev with depleted uranium munitions earlier in March.
Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov pointed out last week that the US had long stationed its own tactical nuclear weapons in five non-nuclear weapon states – Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Türkiye. The diplomat therefore concluded that any criticisms of Russia’s decision by the US were hypocritical.
Won’t this mean that the US is less likely to fuck with them? Since Washington’s main reason for opposing nuclear proliferation has always been “nuclear weapons are an obstacle to us going in and doing what we want, whenever we want to”
having nukes is pretty much the only way to protect yourself from US invasion nowadays
It definitely will; it’s why Amerika has avoided the DPRK, and giving up their nuclear weapons was fatal for Libya. I can still understand being anxious about having them in your country, though