'Nuclear hostage': Ukraine blasts Vladimir Putin for deploying nukes to Belarus
AlterNetFEB 2023
NATO Condemns Putin's Decision to Station Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus
Above: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the social and economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 17, 2023. Image credit: MIKHAIL Metzel/SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty Images
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Pro-establishment narrative
The West must not give in to Putin's nuclear rhetoric. By ratcheting up fear, Putin is hoping we back off and let him have his way in Ukraine. However, doing that would only further embolden the Russian president. We must be firm and resolute in the face of this nuclear blackmail.
Pro-Russia narrative
Russia is simply following the lead of the US which for years has stationed nuclear weapons in the territories of its allies. Why should Russia not be inclined to do the same?
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