A senior Belarusian official on Sunday reportedly threatened to use recently transported tactical nuclear weapons in a warning to Western politicians urging them not to cross strategic issue “red lines” with their Russian ally.

Alexander Volfovich, the state secretary of Belarus’ Security Council, said the United States broke an agreement with Belarus, which provided security guarantees without imposed sanctions in exchange for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

“Today, everything has been torn down,” Volfovich said, according to Reuters. “All the promises made are gone forever.”

Russia and Belarus announced last week that an unknown number of nuclear warheads had already left Moscow for the allied territory after the two nations signed a deal confirming the weapons deployment while remaining under the control of the Kremlin.

U.S. officials believe Russia has approximately 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons designed for military forces to use on the battlefield against enemy troops. The Associated Press reported the weapons include aircraft-carried bombs, short-range missile warheads, and artillery rounds.

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, who allowed the Russian government to use its territory to launch the war in Ukraine in February 2022, told reporters in Moscow last week that “the movement of the nuclear weapons has already begun.”

Volfovich said officials view the weapons in Belarus as “one of the steps of strategic deterrence.”

“If there remains any reason in the heads of Western politicians, of course, they will not cross this red line,” he said, adding it “will lead to irreversible consequences” if authorities resort to using tactical nuclear weapons.

U.S. State Department officials condemned Russia transporting the weapons in a briefing last week, calling saying, “It’s the latest example of irresponsible behavior that we have seen from Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over a year ago.

“As we have made clear, the use of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons in this conflict would be met with severe consequences,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. “But in response to this report, I will just add we have seen no reason to adjust our strategic nuclear posture or any indications that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon.”

Volfovich said last month that officials would deploy tactical or strategic nuclear munitions at the nation’s western border that are primarily as a deterrent to ensure the security of both Russia and Belarus, according to state media.

“The number of warheads doesn’t matter,” Volfovich said. “What matters is how they will be used and whether they will be used correctly. And we know how to use them. As for whether they will have to be used or not … I don’t think things will go so far that they will need to be used.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. and its allies of waging an undeclared war against the country since launching the full-scale war in Ukraine.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a meeting with Belarusian officials last week accused the “collective West” of waging a proxy war to “prolong and escalate the armed conflict in Ukraine.”

“The Vampire Diaries” actress Claire Holt said that she felt an “overwhelming wave of anxiety” after learning that she was pregnant with her third child — a feeling she attributed to her 2018 miscarriage.

Holt, 34, shared the news of her pregnancy in a Friday blog post at “The Corner by Claire Holt,” and said that she had noticed the same feelings during her previous pregnancies with son James (4) and daughter Elle (2).

“I started to imagine who this little person would be and how excited I was to have another one, and then I was hit with an overwhelming wave of anxiety. I guess that’s what happens after miscarriage,” Holt wrote.

Holt went on to describe just how that anxiety had presented, adding, “It was the same with James (to the absolute extreme), it was there during my pregnancy with Elle (albeit a little less intense) and I found myself experiencing it again this time,” she said. “I took multiple tests each day to make sure the line was getting darker. My google searches switched to miscarriage statistics and signs of loss.”

“The Originals” actress said that she had expected to feel more hopeful — especially after she had had two healthy pregnancies after the miscarriage – but that it hadn’t turned out that way.

“I often wonder what it must be like to go through a pregnancy without worrying that something will take your baby from you. Without waiting for bad news at every appointment,” she explained, adding, “I never really let myself get too excited, as if it would somehow protect me from the pain if something weren’t right. It’s a sad way to experience something so beautiful, but I guess it’s human nature to want to shield yourself from heartache.”

Holt shared the news of her miscarriage in a heartbreaking Instagram post, saying, “I took this photo 10 days ago, as I waited for surgery after my sweet little baby lost its heartbeat. I sent it to my fiancé in the waiting room to show him that I was ok. I wasn’t. I’ve never felt more broken in my life. I debated sharing this so soon and I’m still frightened about making such a private struggle public, but I’m doing it anyway because it’s important.”

“I was desperate to find someone, anyone, who could relate to what I was feeling. Someone to tell me that the depression and hopelessness were normal. That it wasn’t my fault. That I wasn’t broken forever,” she added, saying that she had eventually found a community of women who had been through the same experience. “It breaks my heart to think that losing a baby feels like something we have to keep to ourselves. Why is it any different than the death of a loved one? How is it any less meaningful? Here is what I have learned as I begin to crawl out of the dark hole: support is everything.”