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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      2 years ago

      UK, France and Israel. Previously the US had nuclear weapons stationed in Japan and South Korea.

        • ghost_laptop@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 years ago

          All of Europe works as puppet states to the US, it doesn’t matter what the official book says because if they would say it out loud then Europe would realise they are being dragged into collapse by the Empire. The same can be said of Israel, you will not hear US officials admitting it, but they maintain good relations because Israel is a key political figure to keep a level of destabilisation in West Asia, Europe fulfils the same role but to control Russia.

          • stanleytweedle@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            2 years ago

            All of Europe works as puppet states to the US

            Or they just have reasonably aligned interests and you’ve completely misunderstood the concept of a puppet state.

        • peeonyou@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 years ago

          oh? you mean they don’t actually need the billions the US has sent and continues to send every year?

          • tookmyname@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            2 years ago

            Getting foreign aide is not the definition of a puppet. Sorry you’re struggling with basic terms.

              • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                2 years ago

                Can you please stop calling users reddit trolls? It undermines the conversation and alienates any user from your viewpoint. It would be more helpful for all of us, including you, if you were to address the topic rather than attack a user’s character. If you arguments are sound, then they will hold weight among the rest of us the read them. The voting tool will help with that.

                Of course, some trolls are going to come out, but those tend to be evident because they don’t argue in good faith and use logical fallacies such as ad hominem attacks. I’m all for hearing different perspectives, it’s the only way to grow, so I would be happy to hear your viewpoints.

    • agarorn@feddit.deEnglish
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      2 years 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.