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Peskov: West doesn’t remember US nuclear weapons in Europe, but reacts hysterically to Russia’s plans

October 3, 2025

Western countries react hysterically to Moscow’s nuclear weapons plans in Belarus, but at the same time they do not remember the American weapons that are in Europe. This was emphasized by the Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov on the air of the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Cheese fries.”

“The West is not inclined to somehow recall the subject of American nuclear weapons, which are based here in Europe, around our country, but in this case they are inclined to react also hysterical to our plans to build storage facilities for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus,” he said.

The West collective reacts without restraint to the statements of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin on this subject, said the spokesman of the Kremlin.

Moscow’s plans to place tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus became known on March 25. As the President of the Russian Federation noted, such a decision, in particular, is due to the fact that Britain announced its intention to transfer ammunition containing depleted uranium to the Kiev regime.

French President Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to China, said nuclear weapons should under no circumstances be placed outside the countries that possess them.

Peskov: West doesn’t recall US nuclear weapons in Europe, but reacts hysterically to Russia’s plans that

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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