Russia’s massive war games in Belarus an attempt to regain military initiative by threatening armageddon, World affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

Demonstrative military and nuclear exercises in Belarus are part of Russia’s strategy to create an additional threat to Ukraine in order to force it to redeploy forces to the…

The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and joint nuclear drills by the two authoritarian regimes represent an unprecedented challenge to the global security…

The exercises have added significance as they come amid growing warnings from Kyiv that Russia is trying to draw Belarus deeper into its war against Ukraine, while also expanding…

Moscow and Minsk held joint military drills to practice using Russian nuclear weapons, the Belarus defence ministry said on Monday. Russia deployed nuclear-capable hypersonic…

The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the drills would test its readiness to deploy nuclear weapons. Ukraine decried the exercise as Russia "de facto legitimising the proliferation…

Russia and Belarus conducted joint nuclear exercises on Monday as Kyiv warned Moscow was preparing a new offensive from Belarusian territory against Ukraine or NATO.

Ukraine condemns legitimizing the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide...

Russian Armed Forces have begun three days of nuclear drills in Belarus as fears grow that Vladimir Putin may be planning an attack on Baltic NATO states

Russia launched a large-scale nuclear force exercise involving strategic missile troops, submarines, warships and long-range aviation, integrating non-nuclear ally Belarus into…

Major Russian air, sea and land military drills were underway with Belarus to practice deploying nuclear force in the event of an "aggression threat."

The three-day exercise will involve 64,000 troops, over 200 missile launchers, more than 140 aircraft, 73 surface warships and 13 submarines, including eight armed with…

Russland kündigt eine Großübung seiner Nuklearstreitkräfte an, unterlegt mit verbalen Drohungen. Das ist ernst zu nehmen – aber ohne Aufregung.

"Well, they (Russians) know if that happens, the reaction is devastating... Of course, we follow that (exercises), we monitor what is happening," NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte…

Ukraine War: Russia Moves Nuclear Weapons To Belarus As Tensions With NATO Escalate

Allies Russia and Belarus have staged joint nuclear weapons drills in Belarus as tensions grow with NATO member states in the Baltic region

The Kremlin confirmed that the drills across Russia and Belarus, involve preparations linked to the Iskander-M tactical missile system - capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

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Belarus's Defense Ministry released videos on May 21 showing what it said were heavy equipment allegedly carrying nuclear warheads through a forest, ballistic missile submarines…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the joint nuclear exercises of Russia and Belarus are a signal to Europe and NATO.

Russia’s massive war games in Belarus an attempt to regain military initiative by threatening armageddon, World affairs editor Sam Kiley writes