Putin and Lukashenko oversaw joint tactical nuclear drills via videolink involving Iskander-M missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft as NATO tensions over Ukraine escalate.

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…