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Anti-war protests break out as Belarus votes to renounce non-nuclear status

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at the referendum on the amendments and additions to the Constitution of Belarus, in Minsk, Belarus February 27, 2022. Nikolay Petrov/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS

Protesters took to the streets as Belarus held a referendum on Sunday to adopt a new constitution that would ditch its non-nuclear status at a time when the country has become a launchpad for Russian troops invading Ukraine.

The vote, almost certain to pass under the tightly controlled rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, could see nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil for the first time since the country gave them up after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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