Russia-Ukraine war live: US reacts cautiously to Russia's plan to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

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"In the context of the war in Ukraine , the likelihood of miscalculation or misinterpretation is extremely high. Sharing nuclear weapons makes the situation much worse and risks catastrophic humanitarian consequences," it said on Twitter. "This is part of Putin's game to try to intimidate NATO … because there is no military utility from doing this in Belarus as Russia has so many of these weapons and forces inside Russia," said Hans Kristensen, director of the nuclear information project at the Federation of American Scientists. Putin did not specify when the weapons would be transferred to Belarus , which has…

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