NATO called Russia’s nuclear rhetoric “dangerous and irresponsible” on Sunday after Moscow said it planned to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which shares a long border with northern Ukraine.
Oana Lungescu, a spokesperson for the military alliance, said that it was “closely monitoring the situation” as both NATO and the United States said there was no reason to change their nuclear posture. The State Department said the United States is “committed to the collective defense of the NATO alliance,” noting that NATO is a “defensive Alliance which does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to any country.”
