Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West. Putin said during Friday's meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that work on building facilities for the nuclear weapons will be completed by July 7-8, and they will be moved to Belarus quickly after that. The move comes as Ukraine has stepped up attacks in several sectors of the front line in what some observers see as the start of its long-expected counteroffensive. Russia used Belarus’ territory to send troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and has kept forces on Belarusian territory.
  • ghost_laptop@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “Nooooo, we are the only ones who can have nukes in puppet states all around the globe, nooooooooooo!”

    ~A liberal

      • agarorn@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Germany has us nukes. Not that we are a puppet state, but it is undeniable that the US has stationed them in bases around the world.

        • TheOubliette@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Germany is in the American sphere of influence and has opted to sacrifice much of its economy for US interests against Russia.

          Y’all are pretty puppety when push comes to shove.

            • TheOubliette@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              1 year ago

              No it’s going pretty badly. The energy price spike took out a ton of industry that is very unlikely to come back. If the current state of things is maintained it will just be a large loss. If similar shocks hit a few more times they’d be looking at deindustrialization.

              • agarorn@feddit.deEnglish
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                1 year ago

                Which tons of industry have been took out? The energy spike is over. I think all energy costs are now higher than the day before the invasion.