Ukraine’s government yesterday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. Via the Associated Press:
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned the move in a statement Sunday and demanded an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.
“Ukraine expects effective action to counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail by the U.K., China, the U.S. and France,” the statement read, saying these countries “have a special responsibility” regarding nuclear aggression.
Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, tweeted Sunday that Putin’s announcement was “a step towards internal destabilization” of Belarus that maximized “the level of negative perception and public rejection” of Russia and Putin in Belarusian society. The Kremlin, Danilov added, “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.”
Sounds like his talks with the Chinese leader didn’t go so well and Vlad is having a little tantrum:
