Belarus will get tactical nuclear weapons from Russia, according to President Vladimir Putin.
According to Russian state media, President Putin equated the action to the US stationing its weapons in Europe and stated it would not violate nuclear non-proliferation accords.
He said that Russia will not hand over command of its arsenal to Minsk.
After the declaration, the US stated that it did not think Russia was getting ready to deploy its nuclear weapons.
The US Defense Department released a statement in which it stated, “We have not seen any cause to modify our own strategic nuclear posture.”
“We are still dedicated to defending the NATO alliance as a whole.”
The Belarusian government is a staunch ally of the Kremlin and a proponent of the invasion of Ukraine.
On Saturday, President Putin stated on Russian state television that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had long brought up the idea of tactical nuclear weapons being stationed in Belarus.