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Belarus votes to give up non-nuclear status

The constitutional referendum will cement President Alexander Lukashenko's 27-year-old grip on power [Nikolay Petrov/BelTA/Handout via Reuters]

Voters in Belarus have approved constitutional reforms that will allow the country to host nuclear weapons at a time when the former Soviet republic has become a launchpad for Russian troops invading Ukraine.

Russian news agencies on Monday cited the Belarusian elections commission as saying that some 65.2 percent of people who took part in a referendum voted in favour of the change.

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