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Tactical nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation threaten Belarus itself more: why Putin's nuclear blackmail is doomed to failure

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the NSDC, noted that in this way Russia is taking Belarus as a "nuclear hostage"

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In addition, the West reacted very calmly to this statement regarding nuclear weapons, also because there is nothing particularly new about it. In particular, it became known that nuclear weapons would be deployed in Belarus as early as February 2022, when a "referendum" -
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was held in Belarus, which canceled the article on the nuclear-free status of states. Apparently, the Kremlin expected a more violent reaction from the West

"And in the practical military plane of NATO, this decision only caused the appearance in the "bank of targets" -
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of several more objects on the territory of Belarus, which must be destroyed first of all, in case the Kremlin does decide on the Third World." - said in the message

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The Ukrainian military portal Defense Express writes about this . They noted that the world did not see a threat in these nuclear weapons 
defence-ua.com/news/taktichna…
- they will have little effect on the general security situation and rather threaten Belarus itself , because if -
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necessary, these nuclear facilities of the Russian Federation on its territory will be destroyed.
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the NSDC, noted that in this way Russia is taking Belarus as a "nuclear hostage".
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In addition, the West reacted very calmly to this statement regarding nuclear weapons, also because there is nothing particularly new about it . In particular, it became known that nuclear weapons will be deployed in Belarus in February 2022 -
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then a "referendum" was held in Belarus, which canceled the article on the nuclear-free status of states.
After that, Lukashenko and Putin talked about adapting Belarusian aircraft for nuclear weapons, which was done last summer.
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And on February 1, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that it had received from the Russian Federation missiles for Iskander with the ability to hit targets at a distance of 500 km, which violates fundamental international agreements," the message said.
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Today it became known that the storage for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus will be ready by July 1 . The Kremlin, apparently, expected a more violent reaction from the West, but the civilized countries rather ignored this news
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For example, the USA does not believe that the Russian Federation is preparing to use nuclear weapons, and NATO has reported that the placement of nuclear weapons in the Republic of Belarus will not affect the Alliance's strategy.
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And in the practical military plane of NATO, this decision only caused the appearance in the "bank of targets" of several more objects on the territory of Belarus, which must be destroyed first of all, in case the Kremlin does decide on the Third World." - said in the message
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On March 25, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will complete the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus this summer
news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/russia/e-c…
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According to him, the reason for such a step was Britain's statement about the supply of depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine.
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The Kremlin's threats to place nuclear weapons in Belarus are not news for Ukrainian intelligence , the State Security Service said. With his statements, the president of the aggressor country, Vladimir Putin, only raises the stakes.
war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/putin-pidi…
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- Analysts believe that with this step, Putin is trying to threaten not so much Ukraine, but NATO countries, in particular, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia .
war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/kreml-jde-…
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