Putin denies Russia and China forming military alliance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied the creation of a military alliance with China, stating that their cooperation in the military sphere is transparent. Putin accused the US and NATO of building a new global "axis" similar to the alliance between Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and imperial Japan during World War II. He named Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea as potential members of a "global NATO." Putin's comments came after he announced that Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, seen as a warning to NATO over its military support for Ukraine.