Russia Stages Nuclear-Capable Military Drills in Belarus Near NATO Borders

Russia has staged major nuclear-capable military exercises in Belarus, prompting fresh alarm across Europe and a stark warning from NATO that any misuse of nuclear threats would be dangerous and destabilizing. The drills, held close to NATO’s eastern borders, come as the war in Ukraine grinds on and as Western governments watch closely for signs that Moscow is trying to pressure the alliance as well as Kyiv.