6/29/2023 0 Comments Dangerous by rg alexander![]() ![]() “Belarusian servicemen have received the necessary training in Russian training centres,” Shoigu was quoted as saying. ![]() Tass quoted him as saying that Iskander-M missiles, which can carry conventional or nuclear warheads, had been handed to the Belarusian armed forces, and some Su-25 aircraft had been converted for the possible use of nuclear weapons. Moscow will retain control over the weapons and any decisions on their use, Shoigu said. Ukraine said Belarus, an ally of Russia, had been “taken hostage” by Moscow. Nato said at the time it did not see any need to adjust its own nuclear posture, though it said Putin's nuclear rhetoric was “dangerous and irresponsible”. Since invading Ukraine last year, Putin has said repeatedly that Russia would be ready to use nuclear weapons if needed to defend its “territorial integrity”. The deployment of the missiles was first announced by President Vladimir Putin in March. “In the context of an extremely sharp escalation of threats on the western borders of Russia and Belarus, a decision was made to take countermeasures in the military-nuclear sphere,” Tass news agency quoted Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu as saying. Russia and Belarus signed a deal on Thursday to formalise the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles on Belarusian territory, a step Moscow said was driven by rising tensions with the West. ![]()
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