US intelligence does not doubt Putin's words that nuclear weapons are already in Belarus

Saturday, 22 July 2023, 10:52

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has "no reason to doubt" Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement that Russian nuclear weapons are already in Belarus.

Source: CNN; European Pravda

Details: DIA officials told a group of reporters on Friday that analysts have "no reason to doubt" Putin's claims about moving the first batch of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. They did not specify what this confidence was based on.

DIA officials also acknowledged that it is not easy for US intelligence to track the location of Russian nuclear weapons, even with existing capabilities.

Earlier in July, Western officials told CNN that it did not appear that Belarus had finished preparing the necessary storage sites and that available satellite images showed no signs of preparations for the security measures that are standard for Russian nuclear facilities.

However, other sources informed CNN that there are still some Soviet-era facilities left in Belarus that could host such weapons.

The UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace said last week, when asked about the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus, that he "sees signs of this progressing" and noted that Putin "doesn't always lie".

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