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

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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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