Key Events and Details
Agreement Signing: On May 25, 2024, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin signed an agreement in Minsk, formalizing the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus (Courthouse News Service, 2024).
Deployment Details: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the deployment would include ten fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons and Iskander hypersonic missiles with a range of approximately 300 miles (Yahoo News, 2024). The storage facilities in Belarus are expected to be ready by July 1, 2024 (Courthouse News Service, 2024).