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Russia warns it won’t change Belarus’ nuclear weapons plan despite Western criticism

The Kremlin said on Monday that Western criticism of Russia’s plans in Belarus would not affect the decision. | Fountain: AFP

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On Monday, Russia said it would not change its plan to deploy “tactical” nuclear weapons in Belarusdespite numerous criticisms from Western countries.

“This type of reaction will not be able to affect the plans RussiaThis was announced to journalists by the official representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov.

Saturday President Vladimir Putin announced that preparations for the deployment of these weapons in Belarus could begin next month.

Putin said he came up with the initiative to sign the agreement Belarusa country bordering Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, members of NATO and the EU, which since 1994 has been headed by Alexander Lukashenko, his closest ally.

The statement was widely criticized by Western powers, and on Sunday NATO criticized Moscow’s “dangerous and irresponsible” rhetoric. The EU has threatened Minsk with new sanctions if such a deployment takes place.

Ukraine, for its part, on Sunday called for an urgent convening of the UN Security Council to end what it called Russia’s “nuclear blackmail.”

February 2022 Belarus he allowed the Kremlin to use his territory to launch an offensive into Ukraine.

Putin justified his decision on Saturday by stating Britain’s intention to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions, a senior British official recently announced.

Nuclear letter of Vladimir Putin

President of Russia, Vladimir Putinput the nuclear card back on the table due to the lack of progress on the Ukrainian front during the winter campaign and in an attempt to force the West to abandon, in the long term, arming the enemy army.

Putin announced an agreement on the early deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus just four days after the US, in a joint statement with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, demanded that its nuclear arsenals be moved overseas.

It was Xi who warned him in Moscow that this was a red line that no one should cross because there are “no winners” in a nuclear war.

All this happens when Russian forces According to Western intelligence, they have significantly reduced the intensity of their attacks on Bakhmut, although Ukrainian defenders believe that the battle for this stronghold of Donbass is not yet over.


Source: RPP

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