The US says it has not noticed "any movement of tactical nuclear weapons" from Russia to Belarus

MADRID, 27 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has assured that Washington has not recorded "any movement of tactical nuclear weapons" from Russia to Belarus after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an agreement over the weekend. with Minsk for the deployment of this type of weapon.

"Certainly, we have not seen any indication that Mr. Putin has made any kind of decision to use weapons of mass destruction, much less nuclear weapons, inside Ukraine," Kirby has riveted to the media, according to the chain. from CNN news.

Despite everything, the senior US official has stressed that the Joe Biden Administration will continue to monitor the situation in Eastern Europe "very, very closely", especially with regard to the transfer of military capabilities from Russia to its neighbor Belarus.

President Putin announced on Saturday an agreement for the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, that is, short-range, on the territory of Belarus in response to the British announcement of the possible supply of depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine.

Putin explained that the construction of the facilities for the storage of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus will be completed on July 1, and stressed that the weapons would remain under Russian control. In addition, he stressed that sending these types of nuclear weapons does not violate non-proliferation agreements because the United States has had nuclear weapons in other countries for years.