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putin made it quite clear that the tactical nuclear weapons were not simply be handed over to belarus, but would remain under the command and control of moscow. and what that means is that russia will likely be stationing even more of its troops there slowly but surely moving into belarus gradually tightening its grip over that country. matthew chance. cnn moscow. let's bring in david sanger. now he is a cnn, political and national security analysts and white house and national security correspondent at the new york times. good to see you see, you just heard matthew chance. say, you know that this move may have been more for the russian domestic consumption. what do you think? well fred, i think matthews got about right. the there are two elements to this one. is that at any moment when putin feels that he is not making much battlefield progress, we have seen him invoke his nuclear arsenal in some way or another.