While Washington played down concerns about Mr Putin’s announcement, NATO said his non-proliferation pledge and his description of US weapons deployment overseas were way off the mark.
| NATO castigated Russian President Vladimir Putin over his nuclear rhetoric a day after he said he planned to station tacticalThe plan is one of Russia’s clearest nuclear signals since its forces attacked Ukraine 13 months ago, and Ukraine called for a meeting of the UN Security Council in response.“Russia’s nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and irresponsible,” NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said on Sunday .
“Russia’s reference to NATO’s nuclear sharing is totally misleading. NATO allies act with full respect of their international commitments,” Ms Lungescu said in a statement. “Russia has consistently broken its arms control commitments.” Experts said Russia’s move was significant since it had until now been proud that unlike the United States, it did not deploy nuclear weapons outside its borders. It may be the first time since the mid-1990s that it has done so.Mykhailo Podolyak, another senior Zelensky adviser, scoffed at Mr Putin’s plan on Twitter.all he can do is scare with tactics,” Mr Podolyak tweeted.
The European Union also condemned Russia’s move, with its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urging Belarus not to host the weapons and threatening further sanctions. Mr Putin on Sunday also asserted that Western powers were building a new “axis” similar to the partnership between Germany and Japan during World War II. He has often portrayed the war as Moscow fighting a Ukraine in the grip of supposed Nazis, abetted by Western powers menacing Russia.
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