Russia has sent the first set of tactical nuclear weapons to its neighbor ally Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, in a move that is likely to further increase tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine.It marks the first time for Russia to deploy nuclear weapons outside its borders since they were withdrawn from republics of the former Soviet Union in the wake of its 1991 collapse.In remarks at an international economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said that "nuclear warheads have been delivered to Belarusian territory" and that "this is the first batch.""We will complete …READ FULL ARTICLE
