Belarus Leader Says Russian Nuclear Weapons Shipments Are Completed, Raising Concern in the Region

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands during a meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2023. (Alexander Demianchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin pool photo via AP)

The president of Belarus said Monday that Russia has completed its shipments of tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and elsewhere in the region.