Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country was facing grave threats internally and externally that had required it to change its security posture and allow Russia to deploy dozens of tactical nuclear weapons on its territory.

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has branded the decision to withdraw strategic nuclear weapons from the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union a mistake. Source: Belarusian regime-aligned news outlet BetTA;

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has warned of a nuclear apocalypse if Russia continues to be pressured by the West, in an address in Minsk on Thursday reported by Belarusian media. "One careless word,