The Russian Federation intends to keep a tactical nuclear weapon in Belarus on a permanent basis - ISW

Analysts say that the deployment of YaO in the neighboring state will not affect the fighting in Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has confirmed the intention of constant placement of tactical nuclear weapons near Belarus. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for War Study (ISW), published on June 19.

Thus, the Russian department stated that the weapon agreement has no specific time frames and Russia will return weapons only if certain conditions are fulfilled by the US and NATO. Requirements include the output of US nuclear weapons to the US and dismantle nuclear infrastructure in Europe. This statement and unjustified requirements indicate Russia's intention long -term to place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus to strengthen control of the country, the ISW analysts say.

At the same time, experts believe that this deployment has no significant impact on fighting in Ukraine. We will remind, on June 19, the representative of the President in the Verkhovna Rada Fedor Venislavsky stated that Ukraine has no evidence that Russia has already placed nuclear weapons in Belarus. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated on June 19 that there was an opportunity to return nuclear weapons from Belarus to Russia.