Vladimir Putin is moving nuclear missiles to the border of the European Union, Belarus’s exiled opposition leader has warned.

Axar.az informs in an interview with The Telegraph, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Belarus was helping Russia to escalate its war in Ukraine and told Europe to pay “more attention to what is happening” in the territory.

She said Alexander Lukashenko, Putin’s ally and strongman in Belarus, was facilitating the Russian leader’s aggression in Ukraine by allowing him to intensify Russia’s military presence in the country.

“We see how on Belarusian territory, Mr Lukashenko’s regime intensifies the presence of Russia. They are about to deploy nuclear weapons [to Belarus], Russian missiles,” said Ms Tsikhanouskaya.