"Putin announces deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus on Ukraine's border"

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow will deploy "tactical nuclear weapons" in Belarus, including fighter jets and Iskander hypersonic missiles. The move drew condemnation from the West, with NATO calling Putin's justification misleading. The escalating rhetoric comes as Putin's ground war in Ukraine appears stalled, and as the US and its European allies increase the flow of heavy weapons into Ukraine. Ukraine has demanded an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, arguing that Moscow has demonstrated it is "not a responsible steward" of nuclear weapons.