EU to introduce sanctions if Russia deploys nuclear weapons in Belarus – Josep Borrell 

The European Union's chief diplomat, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, said that if Russia deploys nuclear weapons in Belarus, the EU will introduce new sanctions

Josep Borrell informs about this on Twitter.

"Belarus hosting Russian nuclear weapons would mean an irresponsible escalation and threat to European security. Belarus can still stop it, it is their choice," he writes.

Borrell emphasized that the European Union will be ready to respond to the actions of the Russian Federation and Belarus by expanding restrictions.

• Vladimir Putin said that a storage facility for Russian tactical nuclear weapons will be completed in Belarus by July 1.

• The Institute for the Study of War reported that Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in order to scare the West and reduce the effectiveness of Ukraine's counteroffensive.

• Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, said that the placement of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus makes Putin more unpopular in Belarusian society. Mykhailo Podolyak noted that this step proves that Vladimir Putin is afraid of losing the war.

• The German Foreign Ministry criticized Russia's placement of nuclear weapons in Belarus and called it "an intimidation attempt."

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reacted to Russia's intentions to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and demanded to convene the UN Security Council.