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Belarus Nukes

December 28, 2024: Belarus, which borders Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, was formerly part of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Belarus was one the few fifteen successor states to ally itself with Russia. While many Belarussians dislike and distrust Russia, Belarussian leaders have been bribed or coerced by Russia to be pro-Russian. That means Russian special operations and espionage personnel can operate out of Belarus against neighboring countries. Russia has also stored tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and regularly uses Belarus to move troops around. Some of these movements put Russian forces on the Ukrainian border.

All this activity causes all non-Russian nations bordering Belarus to carefully guard that border. Russian President Vladimir Putin has frequently mentioned that he wants to reassemble the Soviet Union. He first tried to absorb Ukraine into Russia. That has been an expensive failure but that hasn’t persuaded Putin to back off on his desire t0 invade most of the nation’s bordering Belarus. The Belarussian leaders are willing to be part of a revived Soviet Union but most Belarussians are not.

Meanwhile Belarus has become a hive of scum and villainy for Ukraine and all the other nations in the region except for Russia, which plans, encourages and supports all the dirty deeds being attempted or carried out from bases in Belarus. While the Russian nukes stored there are meant to intimidate neighbors, the Russian saboteurs, spies and troublemakers are sometimes caught while scouting for targets of potential future sabotage efforts.