Ukraine demands that the UN Security Council be convened due to russia's intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The ministry emphasises that russia will violate the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons if it deploys them in Belarus. At the same time, the Ukrainian side believes that in this way the aggressor demonstrates its inability to win on the battlefield.
"Ukraine appeals to the Belarusian society to prevent the implementation of criminal intentions to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus in violation of its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which will further turn this country into a hostage of the kremlin and will have catastrophic consequences for its future," the Foreign Ministry says.
Previously. Mind reported that putin was seeking to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. He announced the construction of a nuclear weapons storage facility.