Russia to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, says Lukashenko.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree allowing Russia to deploy tactical, shorter-range nuclear weapons in the country. The agreement allows Moscow to store warheads at a special facility in Belarus. Russia would maintain control of the weapons, as per the deal, which formalizes an earlier agreement between the two state leaders and allies. Both Moscow and Minsk justified the deal as a response to what they perceive as Western hostility, amid Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.