Russian President Vladimir Putin moved some of his tactical nuclear weapons this week amid the war with Ukraine. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed on Tuesday that a shipment of tactical nuclear weapons from Russia was completed, the Associated Press reported. The announcement this week comes a few months after Russia first announced it was planning to station some tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, an ally of Putin and Moscow. “The movement of the nuclear weapons has already begun,” Lukashenko said in May while meeting with reporters in Moscow, Reuters reported. He was asked about the movement of nuclear weapons to Belarus and if Russia has considered the possibility of using them.
