Ukraine calls for UNSC to meet over Russia's plan to station nuclear weapons in Belarus

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called for the UN Security Council to meet over Putin's statement that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

"We call on the G7 countries and European Union to warn the Belarusian authorities of the ongoing consequences for Belarus should they agree to accept tactical nuclear weapons from Russia on its territory," the ministry said in a statement on March 26.

"Ukraine expects effective actions to counteract the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail from the United Kingdom, China, the USA, and France, in particular as permanent members of the UN Security Council, who bear a special responsibility for preventing threats of aggression involving nuclear weapons. We demand that an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council be immediately convened for this purpose," the statement added.