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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Belarus offering security guarantees, including the potential use of Russian nuclear weapons to counter aggression.

This follows Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine, which places Belarus under its nuclear umbrella.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko requested advanced weapons, including Oreshnik missiles capable of reaching all of Europe, which Putin agreed to deploy next year under Russian control.

The treaty has drawn criticism, with opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warning it tightens Moscow’s grip on Belarus and escalates regional security risks amid ongoing tensions with the West over Ukraine.

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we still pretending Belarus is a sovereign state?

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Belarus? More like Believe-it-or-not-Russia.

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“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Russia!”

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Belarus

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Didn’t Ukraine have those same guarantees?

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No, Ukraine does not have nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles manned and controlled by NATO.

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The did have nuclear weapons and agreed to give them back to Russia for a promise of peace. The point is never trust Putin.

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Maybe stay neutral like agreed then? Or the terms only apply to Russia?

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It was inevitable with the way things have been going the past few years.

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Nuclear weapons? “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”

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This is all a show because Ukraine won’t agree to an end to the war without security guarantees. Its preferred solution is to join NATO, but Putin doesn’t want that, so he’ll try to use this deal as an example of Russia “providing security guarantees.” Unfortunately, it’s pretty funny timing though because Russia had also made some guarantees to Syria’s president Bashar Al-Assad, who was recently toppled and Russia couldn’t stop it.

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