Nuclear deployment concerns as Wagner withdraws from Bakhmut

Belarusian President Lukashenko suggests nuclear weapons are already in Belarus as Russia and Minsk formalise the deployment of Moscow's tactical nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group announces their withdrawal from the city of Bakhmut.

A Ukrainian soldier loads the bodies of killed Ukrainian servicemen into a van near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Source: AP / Efrem Lukatsky/AP

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