Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka said that “several dozen Russian nuclear weapons” were deployed in Belarus, a move that has raised concerns in the West that Moscow’s war against Ukraine could spread.
Speaking at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly in Minsk that was broadcast live on YouTube on April 25, Lukashenka, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the gathering had unanimously adopted a new military doctrine that considers the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil as a strategic deterrent.
Belarus has provided logistical support to Russia since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Since then, Moscow has moved tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus — the first relocation of such warheads outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.
NATO has called the move “dangerous and irresponsible.”
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Speaking at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly in Minsk that was broadcast live on YouTube on April 25, Lukashenka, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the gathering had unanimously adopted a new military doctrine that considers the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil as a strategic deterrent.
Belarus has provided logistical support to Russia since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Since then, Moscow has moved tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus — the first relocation of such warheads outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.
NATO has called the move “dangerous and irresponsible.”
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Lukashenka says dozens of Russian nukes deployed in Belarus
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka said
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