Russia Won't Change Plans On Deploying Nuclear Weapons In Belarus: Kremlin
The West condemned Putin's weekend announcement on placing the weapons in EU and NATO-bordering Belarus, triggering calls for new sanctions on Moscow. Ukraine said it was seeking an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the move. (File) Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus. The West condemned Putin's weekend announcement on placing the weapons in EU and NATO-bordering Belarus, triggering calls for new sanctions on Moscow. Ukraine said it was seeking an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the move. "Such a reaction of course cannot influence Russian plans," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Speaking during a televised interview on Saturday, Putin said Moscow would station the tactical nuclear weapons "without violating our international agreements on nuclear non-proliferation". He said this was ...