{"id":47710,"date":"2023-07-22T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T08:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/us-intelligence-nuclear-weapons-must-be-in-belarus-already\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"us-intelligence-nuclear-weapons-must-be-in-belarus-already","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/","title":{"rendered":"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>July 22, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, <span>CNN<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/21\/politics\/putin-russia-nuclear-weapons-belarus\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>, citing senior DIA officials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Putin said last month at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that \u201cthe first [Russian] nuclear warheads were delivered to the territory of Belarus,\u201d adding that they were placed there for \u201cdeterrence.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Russia has about 4,477 deployed and reserve nuclear warheads, including around 1,900 tactical nuclear weapons, according to the Federation of American Scientists. It is not clear how much of that arsenal Putin intends to move, and US and Western officials have not publicly confirmed that any weapons have been transferred to Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Senior DIA officials acknowledged that the weapons are difficult for the US intelligence community to track, even through satellite imagery.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, CNN reported, citing senior DIA officials. Putin said last month at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that \u201cthe first [Russian] nuclear warheads were delivered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47710","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\"},\"headline\":\"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-22T08:12:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\",\"name\":\"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-22T08:12:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already | Pozirk","description":"July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already | Pozirk","og_description":"July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/"},"headline":"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already","datePublished":"2023-07-22T08:12:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/"},"wordCount":151,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/","name":"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-22T08:12:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"July 22, BPN. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has \u201cno reason to doubt\u201d Russian President&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s claim&nbsp;that Russia has moved a","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47710\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US intelligence: nuclear weapons must be in Belarus already"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/47710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=47710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}