Putin: Russia to station nuclear weapons in Belarus
Moscow would not be transferring control of its arms to Minsk, he added.
Moscow would not be transferring control of its arms to Minsk, he added.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the US would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine, and that it had spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face.
Putin threatened "lightning-fast" retaliation against any Western countries that intervene on Ukraine's behalf.
The threat comes as the Russian leader said the response to counterstrikes will be "lightning fast.
‘No more talk of any nuclear-free status for the Baltic,’ deputy chair of security council says
Pope Francis has made an impassioned appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities targeted by atomic bombs during World War Two.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint large scale spring military exercises.
After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un did pay a visit to Beijing.