Kyiv seeks UN meet on Russia's nuke plan

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 28, 2023 12:25 am

KYIV: Ukraine said on Sunday it was seeking an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to counter Russia's 'nuclear blackmail' after President Vladimir Putin announced that his country would station tactical nuclear arms in Belarus.

The Russian leader said the deployment was similar to moves by the United States, which stores such weapons in bases across Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey — an analogy Western allies called 'misleading.'

URGENT MEETING A general view of a United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea at the UN’s headquarters in New York City on March 20, 2023. AFP FILE PHOTO

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