The Kremlin dismissed criticism from Western countries regarding Russia's decision to station nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made the announcement in an interview with Russian state media this week, explaining that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally, had agreed to the deployment, which prompted concerns from Western countries allied with Ukraine."Obviously, such a reaction cannot affect Russia’s plans," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday.
“We’re just going to have to watch and see where this one goes,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on CBS. “We have not seen any indication that he’s made good on this pledge or moved any nuclear weapons around. We’ve, in fact, seen no indication that he has any intention to use nuclear weapons, period, inside Ukraine.”
“There is no radioactive threat from depleted uranium rounds," he added."They’re common on the battlefield. Even Russia uses similar rounds. So, if that is, in fact, the justification, it’s a stake through a straw man.”
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