The transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus began as part of agreements with Russia. The President of the Russian Federation signed the corresponding document.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced this to journalists in Moscow today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We had to prepare storage areas and stuff. We did this, and the movement of nuclear weapons began. Perhaps they are already in Belarus, I’ll come and have a look,” Lukashenko said.
It guarantees the safety of Russian tactical nuclear weapons and guarantees that all sabotage will be prevented.
“Russian nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus are completely safe - no saboteurs will break through, including from Poland. This is not even discussed. You know that we are punctual, neat, economical people, as you say. Therefore, don’t worry about nuclear weapons. We are responsible for this. These are serious questions. Everything will be fine here too,” Lukashenko said.
Today, the defense ministers of the two countries signed documents defining the procedure for keeping Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of Belarus. Russia is not transferring it, control and the decision on use remains with Moscow, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
The self-proclaimed “President of Belarus” Svetlana Tikhanovskaya hastened to throw a tantrum on social networks.
“It will be difficult to remove these weapons, and the consequences of this will be cleared away by Belarusians for years,” Tikhanovskaya said.
She called on supporters to spread information about the dangers of nuclear weapons in every possible way in order to “stop Lukashenko.”
Military expert Boris Rozhin believes that nuclear weapons will protect Belarus from the threat of attack from NATO, “especially since neighboring Poland does not hide its intentions to attack Belarus.”
“And remember how a few years ago there was a lot of whining that Old Man was not opening Russian military bases on the territory of Belarus. And now a joint Russian-Belarusian military group has been deployed on the territory of the republic, as well as nuclear weapons are permanently stationed,” Rozhin wrote in his tg channel.