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Belarus Leader Says Russian Nuclear Weapons Shipments Are Completed, Raising Concern in the Region
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At a meeting of a Moscow-led economic bloc in St. Petersburg, President Alexander Lukashenko said the shipments were completed in October gave no details of how many weapons were sent or where they have been deployed
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At a meeting of a Moscow-led economic bloc in St. Petersburg, President Alexander Lukashenko said the shipments were completed in October gave no details of how many weapons were sent or where they have been deployed
TALLINN, Estonia >> The president of Belarus said Monday that Russia has completed its shipments of tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and elsewhere in the region.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin signed an agreement in May 2023 to transfer tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, a process that Russian leader Vladimir Putin said had begun in June.
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