Russia sending nuclear arms to Belarus in Ukraine fight

By Agence France-Presse

May 26, 2023 10:48 am

MOSCOW: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Russia had begun moving nuclear weapons to its territory, which borders the European Union, ratcheting up tensions with the West over the Ukraine conflict.

On the diplomatic front, Russia's foreign ministry announced a visit to Moscow by China's special envoy for Ukraine, Li Hui — Beijing's latest effort to broker an end to the fighting.

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