Ukraine Calls for Emergency UN Meeting over Putin Nuclear Plan

The Ukrainian government has officially called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belraus. 

On Saturday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said his country will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, according to TASS state news agency.

Putin said he had reached an agreement with Belarusian President - and his closest regional ally - Alexander Lukashenko.

"We agreed with Lukashenko that we could place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus without violating the nonproliferation regime," Putin said, according to the TASS report.

"There is nothing unusual here either: The United States has been doing this for decades. They have long placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies," the Radded.

Tactical nuclear weapons refer to those used for specific gains on the battlefield, and transferring the weapons would be the first time Russia has built them outside the country since the mid-1990s.