Day 490 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Wagner will not guard Russian Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

Day 490 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Wagner will not guard Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus
• Ukraine appoints new head of state arms company Ukroboronprom
• Zelensky called the Russian leaders bandits, ruled out a frozen conflict
• "You will see it!" The main blow of the Armed Forces in Ukraine in the summer counteroffensive is coming
• The number of victims of the Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk is increasing
• A new package of US military aid to Ukraine
• Christo Grozev: In the next 6 months we will see the completion of what was started in Russia
• China has not ruled out support for the return of Crimea and Donbas to Ukraine
• Orban: Ukraine is not a sovereign state
• Lukashenko "saved" Prigozhin
• Ex-prisoners from "Wagner" return home and kill again

Wagner will not guard Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

Some of the Russian nuclear weapons are already in Belarus, but "Wagner" will not guard them, the Belarusian president said.

Alexander Lukashenko confirmed that the private Russian army was housed in an abandoned military base and assured that no special base would be built for "Wagner".

Latvia and Lithuania have called on NATO to strengthen its eastern borders in response to the move of the Russian private army into Belarus.

The Lithuanian foreign minister said that the speed with which the group has advanced towards Moscow proves the need to strengthen the...