Putin Warns, Russia Poised to Deploy , Tactical Nuclear Weapons.<br />On June 9, President Vladimir Putin <br />said that Russia will deploy tactical <br />nuclear weapons to Belarus in early July.<br />NBC reports that this is the first time <br />Moscow has moved nuclear weapons outside <br />of Russia since the Soviet Union fell in 1991.<br />According to Putin, the weapons <br />will be deployed once special storage <br />facilities have been completed. .<br />Preparation of the relevant facilities <br />ends on July 7-8, and we will <br />immediately begin activities related <br />to the deployment of appropriate <br />types of weapons on your territory, Vladimir Putin, Russian President, via NBC.<br />Putin went on to claim the United States <br />and its allies' efforts to arm Ukraine <br />are part of a proxy war against Russia.<br />NBC reports that Putin, who claims the war <br />is a response to NATO expansion, warned that Russia <br />would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in March.<br />NBC reports that Putin, who claims the war <br />is a response to NATO expansion, warned that Russia <br />would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in March.<br />In response, NATO and China have both<br />repeatedly cautioned Moscow on the use <br />of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine.<br />In response, NATO and China have both<br />repeatedly cautioned Moscow on the use <br />of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine.<br />However, both Putin and Ukrainian <br />President Volodymyr Zelensky have firmly <br />stated that they are unwilling to back down. .<br />However, both Putin and Ukrainian <br />President Volodymyr Zelensky have firmly <br />stated that they are unwilling to back down. .<br />Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, <br />vast numbers of Soviet nuclear arms were returned <br />from newly independent republics to Russia.<br />NBC points out that only the U.S. has ever unleashed the <br />power of nuclear weapons in a conflict, dropping atomic <br />bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
