President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said he would be able to position tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by the summer, a move that threatened to increase tensions with the United States and Europe while his forces wage war in Ukraine. The Russian leader has repeatedly raised the specter of using nuclear weapons since ordering […]
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Putin Visits Belarus as Ukraine Warns of New Offensive: Live Updates
A drone attack at a power plant in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.Credit…Sergei Supinsky/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images KYIV, Ukraine — Explosions rang out before dawn on Monday in Kyiv and in other Ukrainian cities as officials said that Russia had launched another drone attack targeting power plants and other key infrastructure. The Ukrainian Air Force […]
A ‘Bridge to the West’ Dies in Belarus, as Moscow Seeks More Help in Ukraine
The thaw in relations with Washington ended abruptly six months later when Mr. Lukashenko, backed by Moscow, used brutal force to end protests by hundreds of thousands of people in Minsk and other Belarusian cities after a rigged presidential election that returned him to office for a sixth term. Just days before Russian troops invaded […]