ukrainian security officials have accused russia of depriving belarus of its sovereignty, after president putin annouced that he would station nuclear weapons in the country. the secretary of the national defence council, oleksiy danilov, said on twitter that the move is a step towards internal destabilisation. adding in a stark warning that the kremlin took belarus as a nuclear hostage. ukraine says the deployment violates nonproliferation commitments, which mr putin denies. we have already transferred to belarus our well known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april 3rd, we will start training the crews. onjuly 1st, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. i m joined from kyiv by our correspondent, hugo bachega. what exactly is president putin planning to do? he what exactly is president putin planning to do? planning to do? he announced yesterday planning to do? he
rally in texas and rails against the prosecutors investigating him. the weaponization of our justice system is not as some have called it, a political spectacle. this is the central issue of our time. law and order? former dhs secretary jay johnson is here to discuss the threats against the manhattan da and security concerns around a possible trump indictment. and destruction in the deep south. we ll go live to mississippi where a deadly tornado outbreak has left entire neighborhoods in ruin. i m jonathan capehart. this is a special hour of the sunday show. katie fang is off this weekend. donald trump kicked out of his first official campaign rally with a striking and disturbing moment. silently idolizing the violent january 6th insurrection. standing with his hand over his heart as images of rioters sacking the capitol played on the big screens behind him. it s worth noting that waco, texas, gay notoriety for a deadly standoff between a religious cult and law enforcement 3
internationally, but i think the biggest loser in all of this are the people of belarus, which are clearly held hostage to the situation. we will talk about sovereignty and a second but the white house appears to be treading cautiously right now, what sort of strategy do you believe the united states and other ukrainian allies need to adopt? it is important to tread very cautiously here because it is too soon to say from the statement that putin made yesterday, it may well take some time before potentially the transfer of nuclear weapons could happen, it could be over this summer. it is clearly a diplomatic gang that putin plays in order to show the west, posturing, sending a signal to nato to say that he will have his plans, stationing nuclear
on april 3rd, we will start training the crews. onjuly 1st, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. i m joined from kyiv by our correspondent, hugo bachega. what exactly is president putin planning to do? he what exactly is president putin planning to do? planning to do? he announced yesterday planning to do? he announced yesterday that planning to do? he announced yesterday that russia - planning to do? he announced yesterday that russia would i planning to do? he announced| yesterday that russia would be stationing tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. these are weapons used for specific gains on the battlefield and there was a surprise here with this announcement. russia and belarus have been talking about the transfer of nuclear weapons for quite some time and i think this is something one of the presidenttop advisers here in kyiv said, he said president putin was too predictable and that all he can do is, his w
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. ukraine accuses vladimir putin of making belarus a nuclear hostage after the russian leader said he would station nuclear weapons there. a state of emergency in mississippi after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. as soon as we would go from one vehicle to the next vehicle or from building to building we could hear screams and we could hear cries for help. voters in berlin are to decide whether germany s capital should be carbon neutral by 2030. donald trump heads to texas to start his campaign to win back the us presidency in 202a.