Russia clashes with US over tactical nukes for Belarus

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 63%. (I'm a bot)

UNITED NATIONS - Russia and the U.S. clashed in the United Nations on Friday over Moscow's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which neighboring Ukraine denounced as a desperate Kremlin attempt to avoid military defeat and "Threaten the world with nuclear apocalypse."

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko upped the ante just before the council meeting, saying Russia might also deploy strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus, which Russian forces have used as a staging ground for the war in Ukraine.

"We call for the abolition of the nuclear-sharing arrangements and advocate no deployment of nuclear weapons abroad by all nuclear weapons states, and the withdrawal of nuclear weapons deployed abroad," said Geng Shuang of China.

Calling nuclear weapons "The sword of Damocles hanging over our heads," Geng reiterated that China opposes armed attacks against nuclear power plants and the threat or use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

ADVERTISEMENT. Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow is not transferring nuclear weapons but "Operational tactical missile complexes," which will be under Russian control.

Nebenzia accused the United States of destroying key arms control agreements and he repeated Putin's objection to the tactical nuclear weapons the U.S. has deployed in other NATO countries, indicating that this violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the cornerstone of global disarmament.

Summary Source | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: nuclear^#1 weapons^#2 Russia^#3 Ukraine^#4 deploy^#5

Post found in /r/worldnews.

NOTICE: This thread is for discussing the submission topic. Please do not discuss the concept of the autotldr bot here.