Putin will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. How does it threaten Ukraine and the world?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. According to him, he agreed on this with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.

According to Putin, this will be done without violating the nuclear non-proliferation regime - Minsk will not gain control over nuclear weapons.
At the same time, according to Putin, Russia has already helped convert 10 Belarusian military planes to use tactical nuclear weapons and handed over to Minsk Iskander missile systems capable of carrying such charges.
The President of Russia added that the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons will be completed on the territory of Belarus by July 1. "Iskander" crew training should begin on April 3.
With such a charge from Belarus, "Iskanders" can hit Ukraine and the neighboring countries of the European Union. The flight range of such missiles is about 500 kilometers.
According to Putin, "the reason was the statement of the Deputy Minister of Defense of Great Britain that they will deliver grenades with depleted uranium to Ukraine."
"But even outside the context of these events, Alexander Hrykhorovich Lukashenko has long raised the issue of deploying Russian tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus," Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavlo Zarubin for the "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program”.

Earlier, the British authorities confirmed that among the shells for the Challenger-2 tanks that Ukraine will receive will be weapons with depleted uranium.
However, the authorities of Western countries and experts remind that such missiles are intended to fight against heavy artillery and have nothing to do with nuclear weapons. In addition, weapons with depleted uranium are also used by Russia.
According to Ukrainian experts, Russia has already used such missiles in Ukraine.
According to Putin, the USA "long ago installed its tactical nuclear weapons in six countries on the territory of its allies, NATO countries, in Europe". "If my memory serves me correctly, these are Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Greece," Putin said.

"Aleksandar Hrykhorovich is right, he says: well, listen, we are your closest allies. Why do the Americans do this to their allies, they deploy and, by the way, teach their crews and pilots to use this type of weapon on their territories," he said Putin.
The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is a major step towards the escalation of the war in Ukraine.
During the conflict, Putin repeatedly mentioned nuclear weapons, but he took a concrete practical step only once, when he announced the suspension of the SNO-III agreement.
At the same time, even a verbal threat to use nuclear weapons, whose main feature is deterrence, is in itself an action that has an extremely negative effect on strategic stability in the world. What can we say about the practical application of charges, albeit tactical ones, in the combat zone.
Speaking about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Putin refers to the actions of the United States.
The Americans keep a certain number of free-falling nuclear bombs in European arsenals located in Turkey and Western Europe.
Even the United States is implementing a program to modernize these weapons. Only free-falling bombs remain in American warehouses - there are no more tactical missiles with nuclear warheads. Their partners cannot use them without the permission of the US military - it is technically impossible.
However, unlike Russia, the USA, although stockpiling tactical nuclear weapons, does not participate in a large and bloody war on the European continent and does not use these weapons as an argument in the political confrontation with the Russians.
Keeping a gun at home and pointing it at people are different things, even from the point of view of the Criminal Code.
That is why Putin's words that the reason for deploying tactical nuclear weapons (TTN) in Belarus is the transfer of tank missiles with depleted uranium to Ukraine sound particularly alarming - because nuclear weapons appear in the context of a military conflict. Until recently, this happened verbally, now the warheads will be physically moved.
The appearance of shells with depleted uranium in the armed forces, by the way, is a rather weak reason for such an escalation - such shells exist in the Russian army, and the construction of warehouses for tactical nuclear weapons began long before the statement of the deputy defense minister of the United Kingdom about the delivery of such weapons to the Ukrainians. However, this occasion was enough for Putin to publicly announce such a step.
According to him, Russia has already converted 10 planes of the Belarusian Air Force to use anti-tank missiles - they have Su-27 and Su-30 fighters in service, which can potentially use such weapons. But his words about the transfer of "Iskander" should be taken much more seriously - his missiles are capable of knocking down all Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile systems.
As for the use of tactical nuclear weapons, from a practical point of view, their use in a war like the one being waged in Ukraine is pointless. It was developed to carry out large-scale attacks against NATO by the numerous armies of the Warsaw Bloc. Many such bombs or missiles must be used to gain any advantage on the battlefield.

However, it is believed that such an escalation will hit anyone who dares to take such a step. Nuclear weapons are one of the biggest fears of the whole world, and whoever uses them in the 21st century will probably become an exile for other countries.

Russia, Belarus and "Iskanderi"

The last nuclear weapon deployed during the Soviet Union was exported from Belarus to Russia in 1996. However, the topic of return has been discussed for a long time.
Putin and Lukashenko discussed the transfer of Russian Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus in June of last year, when the Belarusian president visited Saint Petersburg.
At the time, Putin said the transfer would take place "in the coming months" and stressed that such missiles could carry nuclear weapons.
"As you and I agreed, you asked about it, we made a decision. In the coming months, we will transfer to Belarus Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which, as you know, can use both ballistic and cruise missiles. Both for conventional and nuclear execution," the Russian president said at the time.
In Putin's statement on Saturday, it was pointed out that nuclear warheads are not being transferred to Belarus, but are only being placed on its territory.
At the same time, Lukashenko's request to modernize the Belarusian aviation with Russian help was heard - the Belarusian president complained about the flights of NATO planes near Belarus.