Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday an agreement with Belarus to host tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the country that borders with Ukraine.

“There is nothing extraordinary here. First, the US has been doing this for decades. They have long placed on the territory of their allied countries, NATO countries, in Europe, their tactical nuclear weapons. If my memory serves me, in six countries: Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Greece,” he said on public television.

Vladimir Putin stressed that this agreement does not violate the obligations Russia on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and said that on April 3, the preparation of the Belarusian military would begin, and on July 1, the construction of a mine to deploy these weapons in a neighboring country would be completed.

“We don’t give up on them. The United States also does not concede them to its allies, ”he added, adding that Moscow had already modernized the planes of the Belarusian Air Force for this weapon.

“Most Dangerous” Weapon

Vladimir Putin admitted that the trigger for the announcement was the decision of the United Kingdom to supply the Ukrainian army with ammunition with depleted uranium, although in London they assure that this is not about Nuclear weapon.

“Be that as it may, it is connected with nuclear technology. This is something obvious,” he replied today. Vladimir Putin.

Although immediately Vladimir Putin He recalled that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had long asked to place this type of weapon on the territory of the former Soviet republic.

He recalled that Moscow had already supplied Minsk with Iskander tactical missiles, which are also capable of carrying nuclear charges.

Ukraine has repeatedly accused Minsk of complicity in the current military campaign, although Lukashenka hides behind the NATO militarization of his borders.

The Russian leader acknowledged that British munitions are not considered weapons of mass destruction, but are “the most dangerous” weapons, especially as they create a highly polluting radioactive cloud upon impact.

“I must say that RussiaYou, of course, have something to answer. Without exaggeration, we have hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of these shells. We haven’t used them yet,” he said. Vladimir Putin.

In turn, he acknowledged that Western weapons are a “threat” to Russiabut warned that this would only prolong the conflict and “lead only to a great tragedy, nothing more.”

“Nuclear Component”

In this regard, he assured that the Russian military industry produces three times more ammunition than before, while the United States produces about 15 thousand shells per year, an unattainable figure for other Western powers, and 42 thousand next year, when the Ukrainian troops spend 5 thousand shells daily.

Vladimir Putin advanced that Russia plans to manufacture and modernize more than 1,600 tanks when the “arsonists”, referring to the countries of the West, deliver “420 or 440 tanks” to Kyiv.

“The total number of tanks in the Russian army will be three times more than the number of tanks in the Ukrainian army. Even more than three times,” he said.

Vladimir Putin He had already warned on Tuesday that Moscow would be forced to respond if Ukraine uses weapons with a “nuclear component.”

Deputy Minister of Defense of Great Britain Annabelle Goldie answered on Monday on the website of the British Parliament the question of the member of the House of Lords Lord Hilton about the possibility of sending these shells to Ukraine.

“In addition to sending a squadron of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, we will supply depleted uranium rounds,” Goldie said, noting that they are more effective at hitting armor.

The British Ministry of Defense accused the day before Russia “disinformation” for claiming that depleted uranium munitions have a “nuclear component”.

A spokesman for that ministry pointed out that “the British Army has been using depleted uranium in its armor-piercing rounds for decades” and “it’s a standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities.”

“Another escalation of the conflict”

European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell confirmed that the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons Russia in Belarus it means “another escalation of the conflict”.

In an interview with EFE in Santo Domingo, where he is attending the Ibero-American Summit, Borrell said that the deployment announced by the President Vladimir Putin It is also “another sign of the cooperation of the dictatorial regime of Belarus with Russia”.

“This shows that we are right when we take action against the Belarusian regime,” he added. (As reported by EFE)

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