Putin deploys nuclear weapons to Belarus

A Ukrainian soldier examines a culture center in recently retaken in Blahodatne, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 16, 2023. [AP Photo]

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Moscow's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus has already happened, reminding the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

"The first nuclear warheads were delivered to the territory of Belarus. But only the first ones, the first part. But we will do this job completely by the end of the summer or by the end of the year," he said.