"Putin Announces Russia's Plan to Station Nuclear Weapons in Belarus"

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Russia will have based such arms outside the country. Experts say the move is significant, as Russia had until now been proud that it did not deploy nuclear weapons outside its borders. Belarus has borders with three NATO members - Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Putin said the move was not a violation of international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and that the US has been doing the same thing for decades.