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
Uniindia: Kyiv, March 26 (UNI) - The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Sunday called for an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council over Russia’s plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
lot of efforts by the russians to move forward in those areas, so it sounds to me like they re proving the frontlines. they re trying to move in different in different areas move forward in those different areas and mahmoud to have been stopped to the ukrainians seem to have had a chance to stall them. at the very least after seven months. it s pretty incredible. i am you know they re going to try to do the same thing and the two other cities that will adore end up deep cut. yeah. i mean, the ukrainian resistance is just been remarkable, and it s proving it to be that way. once again, colonel leighton vladimir putin. we ve been talking about this. over the weekend, he announced that russia will begin stationing tactical nuclear weapons and belarus especial housing unit for the weapons is expected to be completed in july. it s not very long from now. ah you know, we were talking to jill dougherty about this yesterday. it s hard to parse, you know, and separate
putin made it quite clear that the tactical nuclear weapons were not simply be handed over to belarus, but would remain under the command and control of moscow. and what that means is that russia will likely be stationing even more of its troops there slowly but surely moving into belarus gradually tightening its grip over that country. matthew chance. cnn moscow. let s bring in david sanger. now he is a cnn, political and national security analysts and white house and national security correspondent at the new york times. good to see you see, you just heard matthew chance. say, you know that this move may have been more for the russian domestic consumption. what do you think? well fred, i think matthews got about right. the there are two elements to this one. is that at any moment when putin feels that he is not making much battlefield progress, we have seen him invoke his nuclear arsenal in some way or another.
area where they feel like they can show support to ukraine and discuss and deal with the global economic impact the war has had across the world so, again, this is a meeting where they are really emphasizing the strengthening of an existing alliance as opposed to building something from scratch, john. mj lee and kylie, striking, been a long time since i covered the white house but back in the clinton and bush days, in these conversations sometimes on the table was the japanese perspective maybe it was time for the united states to shrink its military presence in japan. that is now off the table because of the rise of china, listen to the defense secretary just this week. today, we welcomed an historic alliance decision to optimize u.s. force posture in japan, by forward stationing more versatile mobile and resilient capabilities. these actions will bolster deterrence in the region and allow us to defend japan and its