'Russia deploys nuke to Belarus'

By Agence France-Presse

May 27, 2023 12:39 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.

NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER A Ukrainian soldier carries supplies in a trench at the frontline near the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on Monday, May 22, 2023. AP PHOTO

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