Nuclear Weapons

Peter Lake, on the back of some serious arm-chair thinking, continues to push boundaries as lyrical iconoclast with his release of Nuclear Air, which highlights the catastrophic threat of nuclear war. Says the artist: "Wake up, folks this is a real thing! Why are musicians not writing songs about major…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's moving tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. Olli Heinonen, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center and a former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, joins John Dickerson on "Prime Time" with more. Read More

Vladimir Putin has just made Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s job feel even more urgent. Over the weekend, the Russian president declared that he was preparing to position tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus by July 1, a move seemingly designed to shake the West’s commitment to Ukraine. Why We Wrote This With…

From: Inside StoryThe Russian president said he will deploy nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus. President Vladimir Putin says Russian nuclear weapons will be stationed in Belarus, drawing sharp criticism from the West. The European Union has called Putin’s comments irresponsible, and warned the Kremlin ally Belarus it could face more sanctions.…

Governments and experts alike see little prospect of the move changing the course of the conflict. PARIS: The Kremlin's announcement that it will station nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally Belarus echoes US practice in Europe, but doubts remain over how far Russia will take the plan. Opting…

The Russia-Ukraine war is heating up — one could say it’s almost going nuclear. On Saturday, Russian president and strong man Vladimir Putin announced that some of his country’s nuclear arsenal would be stationed in Belarus. While making the announcement, Putin said that the deployment was in response to a…

Russia will station nuclear weapons in its client state, Belarus, as early as July, announced Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a story running in Russian state media, RIA Novosti. Moscow and Minsk agreed to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, Vladimir Putin said in an interview…

Updated March 26, 2023 at 6:37 p.m. EDT|Published March 26, 2023 at 2:04 a.m. EDT Ukrainian military vehicles in the Kharkiv region in September. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post) NATO called Russia’s nuclear rhetoric “dangerous and irresponsible” on Sunday after Moscow said it planned to store tactical nuclear weapons…