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 "title": "Russian MoD Confirms Delivery of Nuclear Munitions to Belarusian Field Storage During Joint Exercise",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/russia-belarus-nuclear-munitions-field-storage-putin-lukashenko-osipovichi-joint-exercise/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/russia-belarus-nuclear-munitions-field-storage-putin-lukashenko-osipovichi-joint-exercise/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-05-21T00:06:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:07.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOsipovichi, 21 May 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Russian Ministry of Defence confirms that nuclear munitions have been delivered to field storage sites in Belarus during the 19–21 May joint strategic exercise; Belarusian forces practising combat training assignments with the deployed systems\n * Putin and Lukashenko jointly direct the closing phase of the exercise from Osipovichi via videoconference — described as the first joint exercise of this kind at presidential observation level\n * Ex",
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  "polish-lithuanian-axis",
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