Russian deployment of nukes on ally Belarus's soil 'imminent', NATO fears

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Russian ally Belarus may be joining the country's attack on Ukraine and is preparing to allow Putin to place nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil.

Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian president, has already allowed Russia to use its country to launch attacks on Ukraine but has so far not directly ordered troops to join in the conflict.

The NATO intelligence official told NBC: “The Belarusian government is preparing the environment to justify a Belarusian offensive against Ukraine and the imminent deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus."I’m not telling you they’re going to put nukes in there tomorrow.

What I mean is they’ve taken steps politically to now be able to receive nuclear weapons if such a decision is made.”“If we’re not in a stalemate, we are rapidly approaching one,” added the NATO official“The reality is that neither side has a superiority over the other.”The official, who remained anonymous due to the discussion of sensitive topics, said that although president Putin had made no significant progress over the past two weeks, he appeared unwilling to admit failure. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.“So what happens when you have these two forces then grinding on each other in this way?