Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia said that the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is on schedule, but didn’t mention their transfer to the country

He mentioned the deployment of TNW, speaking at the seminar "Strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime."

Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov, speaking at the seminar “Strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime” in Bishkek, said that the deployment of Russian TNW in Belarus is on schedule.

“The deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is being carried out according to the schedule that the Russian president spoke about. Now several stages of establishment of the relevant infrastructure or equipment of the relevant carriers have been completed there. We continue this work. […] If the leadership considers it possible and desirable to provide details of what is happening, this will be done. As of today, I don’t have any additions or changes to what was previously said on this topic,” he said.

At the same time, Ryabkov said nothing about the transfer of TNW to Belarus and didn’t mention details on the timing of the tasks.