"Everyone worried that Putin would apply": the Russian Federation has not yet transported nuclear weapons to Belarus - NATO

According to US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, Putin was waiting for the use of non -strategic nuclear weapons for demonstration effect, but with controlled risks. On Tuesday, April 18, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman made a statement that they have not yet confirmed that Russia has placed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. Although Moscow declares such plans. About it reports CNN.

NATO leadership has not yet seen "any changes in the nuclear position of the Russian Federation that would require changes in our nuclear position," Stoltenberg said during a NATO conference on weapons control. According to Stoltenberg, the threat of deployment of nuclear weapons, which now sound from the Kremlin, similar to the fact that Moscow has practiced for many years, and after invasion of Ukraine. "Dangerous and irresponsible nuclear rhetoric," Stoltenberg said.

According to him, NATO carefully monitors the development of events around the deployment of nuclear complexes in Belarus. Wendy Sherman's comment was similar. She stressed that the Russian Federation has not yet overturned nuclear weapons to Belarus, but called such a threat "dangerous escalation". "We all watched and worried that Vladimir Putin would apply what he considers a tactical nuclear weapon to have some demonstration effect on escalation, but with controlled risks," Sherman explained.

According to her, a statement on the placement of nuclear weapons in Belarus is an attempt by a managed threat from Putin. Recall that the Russian Federation explained that Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus are necessary for the reason that NATO is approaching. Alexey Danilov explained the new round of escalation with nuclear weapons in Belarus.