Nuclear weapons and Wagner in Belarus: A threat to Ukraine and NATO? | To the Point

Could Russia’s disarray mean gain for Ukraine? Although its counteroffensive has made slow progress, morale rose following the failed march on Moscow by the Wagner group, whose brutal tactics have spilled much Ukrainian blood. The longer-term fate of Wagner’s mercenaries could well be decided in neighboring Belarus, where the Group’s leader and thousands of its forces appear to have set up camp. That’s not the only threat Belarus is housing: to the consternation of eastern European NATO Members, Russia is also deploying tactical nuclear weapons there – with explicit approval from Belarus’ autocratic leader Alexander Lukaschenko. So we’re asking: Nuclear Weapons and Wagner in Belarus: A threat to Ukraine and NATO?