We will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if we are attacked

confirmed the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, Today, Tuesday, he declared that the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in his country is intended to deter any potential aggressor, and that there would be no hesitation in using them if necessary.

This came after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that his country would start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus between the seventh and eighth of next July, after completing the preparation of special storage facilities.

According to what Putin announced, this deployment begins prior to the NATO summit to be held on July 11 and 12 in Lithuania bordering Belarus, which will discuss Ukraine’s candidacy to join the alliance.

The Russian President announced on March 25 that Moscow would deploy “tactical” nuclear weapons in Belarus, which is located at the gates of the European Union, which raised fears of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.

international criticism

The announcement drew criticism from the international community, especially Western countries, noting that the Russian president had hinted since the start of his attack on Ukraine in February 2022 that he could use nuclear weapons.

These “tactical” weapons can cause massive damage, but their destructive radius is more limited than that of “strategic” nuclear weapons.

Training of Belarusian military

And at the beginning of April, Russia announced that it had started training the Belarusian military to use “tactical” nuclear weapons.

And at the end of May, Lukashenko confirmed that the transfer of Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus had already begun.

Putin had previously announced that ten aircraft had been equipped in Belarus to use similar weapons, pointing out that a special warehouse would be completed by July 1.