Kyiv calls for UN Security Council session over Putin's nuclear plans

FILE PHOTO: A local resident stands next to a car in front of a residential building heavily damaged in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the settlement of Toshkivka, in the Luhansk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Sunday fiercely criticized plans by Russian President Vladimir Putin to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and called for an emergency U.N. Security Council session to address the move.

Putin announced the decision on Saturday, saying it would not violate nuclear non-proliferation promises and Russia would not hand off control of the weapons to Belarus.