Moscow and Minsk agreed to place Russian tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus
Russia will deploy a tactical nuclear weapon on the territory of Belarus weapon, the construction of storage facilities for it is already being completed. In addition, Minsk received the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system, capable of using missiles with nuclear warheads. Vladimir Putin spoke about this on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
Russia will place its tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, Moscow and Minsk have already agreed on this. At the same time, there will be no violation of the START Treaty by the Russian side, we do not transfer tactical nuclear weapons, but place them on the territory of a country allied to us. That is, we are doing everything that the United States has been doing for decades, placing its nuclear weapons on the territory of European countries.
- said the Russian leader.
According to Putin, today Belarus has received the Iskander OTRK, capable of using nuclear weapons, and by July 1, the construction of a special storage facility on Belarusian territory, where Russian tactical weapons will be placed, is being completed. In addition, Russia helped Belarus to convert aircraft for the use of nuclear weapons.
- added the Russian president.
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