Belarusian President Lukashenko warns of nuclear retaliation against aggression.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Minsk is ready to host Russian tactical nuclear weapons, which will be deployed in the country in a few days. Lukashenko warned that he would not hesitate to use the weapons in response to potential aggressors. This marks the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union that Moscow has moved warheads outside of the country. Putin has cast the war in Ukraine as a battle between Russia’s safety and the expanding NATO alliance.