Putin: Russian nuclear forces will be stationed in Belarus.

President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based nuclear arms outside the country. He compared the move to the US stationing its weapons in Europe, and said that Moscow would not be transferring control of its arms to Minsk. The Belarusian regime is a firm Kremlin ally and supporter of the invasion of Ukraine. A small number of Iskander tactical missile systems, which can be used to launch nuclear weapons, have already been transferred to Belarus. President Putin's comments come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his plea for more military support from his Western allies, signing an agreement to supply the war-torn country with at least one million artillery shells over the next year.