Article 6BX3X Russia moving nuclear warheads to Belarus, says country’s leader

Russia moving nuclear warheads to Belarus, says country’s leader

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Andrew Roth Moscow correspondent
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Alexander Lukashenko's comment come after countries signed pact that provides for Moscow to deploy weapons in Belarus

The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has said that Russia has begun moving tactical nuclear warheads for storage to Belarus, adding that it was possible that the weapons had already arrived in his country.

We had to prepare storage facilities and the rest over there [in Belarus]. We've done all of that. This is why the relocation of nuclear munitions began," Lukashenko said during a summit of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Moscow.

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