Voters in Belarus have approved constitutional reforms that will allow the country to host nuclear weapons at a time when the former Soviet republic has become a launchpad for Russian troops invading Ukraine.
Russian news agencies cited the Belarusian elections commission as saying that some 65.2 per cent of people who took part in a referendum voted in favour of the change.
The agencies say voter turnout stood at 78.63 per cent.
President Alexander Lukashenko says that he could ask Russia to return nuclear weapons to Belarus.