"Ukraine Urges UN Emergency Meeting on Putin's Nuclear Plan"

Ukraine has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to counter Russia's nuclear blackmail after President Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. Russia has said the plan comes in response to the West's increasing military support for Ukraine. An explosion deep inside Russia on Sunday has been blamed on a Ukrainian drone. Putin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of the United States. The US said it would "monitor the implications" of Putin's announcement.