Spotlight | Belarus, France
Minutiae of DGSE's last ditch operation in Minsk

DGSE director, Bernard Emié, during his visit to Minsk on 24 March 2023.
DGSE director, Bernard Emié, during his visit to Minsk on 24 March 2023. © Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters
Intelligence Online has the details of DGSE director Bernard Emié's 24 March trip to Minsk, during which the French intelligence service attempted to act as a mediator with Alexander Lukashenko. Vladimir Putin confirmed the next day that Belarus had agreed to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on its soil, though a week later Lukashenko called for a truce between Moscow and Kyiv. [...]
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