Putin Warns West of Russian Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that a first tranche of Russian tactical nuclear weapons has been stationed in Belarus as a stop-gap against a possible "strategic defeat" in Ukraine. Putin said the warheads would only be used if Russia's territory was threatened. US and Western officials quickly brushed off Putin's most recent batch of nuclear threats. This is the first time Moscow has moved such weapons outside its own country since the Soviet Union fell.