The Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) criticized on Sunday Wladimir Putin for him “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric.

What happened: The Russian President said on Saturday he plans to do so Deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in response to the deployment of US arms in Europe.

“Again, there is nothing unusual: First, the United States has been doing this for decades. They have been in use for a long time their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allied countries,” Putin said on state television.

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said NATO Putin’s non-proliferation pledge and his description of US arms deployments overseas were way off the mark. “Russia’s reference to NATO’s nuclear sharing is completely misleading. NATO allies are acting in full respect of their international obligations,” the NATO spokesman said Oana Lungescu said Reuters.

“Russia has consistently breached its arms control commitments,” said Lungescu.

Oleksiy Danilova top security adviser to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyycalled Putin’s plan would also destabilize Belaruswho, according to him, had been taken “hostage” by Moscow.

“He (Putin) admits he’s scared of losing and all he can do is use tactics to scare.” Mykhailo Podolyakanother senior adviser to Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, following Russia’s announcement, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry called for an extraordinary session of the UN Security Council. The war-torn nation called on the international community to take “decisive action”. to prevent Russia from using nuclear weapons. “Russia reiterates its chronic inability to be a responsible steward of nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence and war prevention, not as a tool of threat and intimidation.”

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