U.S. and NATO criticize Russia’s plan to store nuclear weapons in Belarus
Aug 10, 2023
U.S. and NATO criticize Russia’s plan to store nuclear weapons in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced he is planning to store some tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, which could be the first time Russia has deployed nuclear weapons outside its borders since the 1990s. NBC News’ Allie Raffa breaks down how the White House is reacting to Putin’s plan. http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews https://smart.link/5d0cd9df61b80 https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/bre …http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC
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0 -> well now to nuclear feeders on the rise
2.159 -> again after Russian President Vladimir
4.08 -> Putin announced he is planning to store
6 -> some tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
8.4 -> which is a Russian Ally the move could
11.099 -> be the first time since the mid 90s that
12.9 -> Russia deploys nuclear weapons outside
15.12 -> its borders tactical nukes by the way
17.4 -> are not meant to say destroy cities
19.619 -> they're used for Battlefield gains
21.3 -> concerning nonetheless so joining us now
23.46 -> for more on this NBC News White House
25.08 -> correspondent Ali Rafa Ali good morning
27.119 -> thanks for being here so we know the
28.74 -> United States has also been storing some
31.08 -> of its nuclear weapons across Europe for
33.239 -> quite some time now walk us through this
35.52 -> plan that Russia has is it any different
37.14 -> than what the U.S is doing
39.48 -> yeah guys good morning well since the
41.579 -> mid 1990s it's really been a point of
43.92 -> Pride for Russia to as you mentioned
46.5 -> Only Store its nukes within its borders
49.079 -> and now you're seeing President Putin
50.579 -> essentially justify this decision by
53.219 -> saying it's okay that we do it because
55.14 -> the United States also does it and yes
57.239 -> that's true the U.S actually stores
59.16 -> around 100 nuclear warheads around five
62.76 -> different NATO countries across Europe
64.86 -> but that is something that President
66.78 -> Putin has condemned saying that it
69.42 -> violates a nuclear non-proliferation
71.64 -> treaty he's condemned that multiple
73.68 -> times in the past so the fact that he's
75.86 -> flip-flopping here and justifying his
78.24 -> decision by equating it to the US's
80.64 -> moves at a thirty thousand foot
82.439 -> perspective is significant because at
84.479 -> its core it's showing that President
85.86 -> Putin has reached a point where he is
88.799 -> willing to break from tradition and try
90.96 -> these new things to tighten Russia's
93.479 -> grip around Ukraine guys
95.88 -> so Ellie what's the reaction been like
97.619 -> from NATO and the United States to this
99.42 -> move it's hard to see it as anything
100.68 -> other than an escalation
103.259 -> yeah NATO responded to this uh this
105.84 -> weekend calling it quote dangerous and
107.939 -> irresponsible that's something that
109.439 -> Ukrainian officials also echoed
111.6 -> throughout the weekend one of them
112.979 -> likening this to scare tactics and U.S
115.979 -> officials are saying yes this is
117.72 -> significant if it does happen but
119.939 -> they're sort of tamping down concerns
121.74 -> because they say they haven't seen
123.18 -> evidence of it just yet and they're also
126.119 -> remembering some key context here the
128.34 -> fact that Russia and Belarus have talked
130.8 -> about doing this for some time now so
132.78 -> this wasn't all too surprising for U.S
135.06 -> officials who have been monitoring every
136.86 -> step of this war since it began one of
139.5 -> those officials is National Security
140.879 -> Council spokesperson John Kirby who
143.64 -> reacted to this move yesterday listen
145.2 -> here
146.94 -> I can tell you that we've seen nothing
148.56 -> that would indicate Mr Putin is uh
150.84 -> preparing to to use tactical nuclear
153.239 -> weapons in any way whatsoever in Ukraine
155.94 -> and I can also tell you that we haven't
157.56 -> seen anything that would cause us to
158.94 -> change our own strategic nuclear
160.379 -> deterrent posture
162.019 -> so the U.S not changing its nuclear
164.76 -> posture for now but it's well aware of
166.98 -> the significance this could potentially
168.78 -> have especially on the three NATO
171 -> countries that border Belarus so it's
173.58 -> going to be interesting to see if this
175.379 -> does happen how the the United States
177.18 -> has approach to it changes potentially
179.76 -> could we see more Aid packages to
182.459 -> Ukraine could we potentially see more
184.14 -> sanctions against Belarus or Russia if
187.26 -> this does indeed happen you guys
189.18 -> yet another development to watch all
191.22 -> right Ali Rother thank you
194.28 -> thanks for watching our YouTube channel
196.319 -> follow today's top stories and breaking
198.54 -> news by downloading the NBC News app
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZY_2ffTjvQ
