NATO HAS CONDEMNED WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS RUSSIA'S DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE RHETORIC, AFTER PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S DECISION TO STATION TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN BELARUS.

IT DISCLOSED IN A STATEMENT, THAT THE ORGANISATION IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION AND SAID THE MOVE WOULD NOT LEAD IT TO CHANGE ITS OWN NUCLEAR STRATEGY.

THE UNITED STATES ON ITS PART, SAID IT DID NOT BELIEVE RUSSIA WAS PREPARING TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

BELARUS SHARES A LONG BORDER WITH UKRAINE, AS WELL AS WITH NATO MEMBERS POLAND, LITHUANIA AND LATVIA.

UKRAINE HAS CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF PRESIDENT PUTIN'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON SATURDAY.

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