“The West has to understand that no helicopter or plane will be able to save them if they continue to stir up the situation,” Lukashenko said, according to Belarus’ state news agency Belta. Putin and I once said in St. Petersburg that we would, among other things, modify Belarusian Sukhoi planes so that they could carry nuclear weapons. Lukashenko said, ‘You think we’re bullshit? Everything is ready!’
Targets have been marked in the West
Belarus’s president said the West had “marked targets” to retaliate if his warnings were ignored. Lukashenko did not say how many fighter jets have been made nuclear capable, nor did he offer any evidence to support his claims. There has been no reaction from the Kremlin on his statement so far. Russia is using its neighbor Belarus as a ‘platform’ to send troops to Ukraine. Moscow and Minsk (the capital of Belarus) have deep military ties.
The war of six months ended, the troops near Russia
On August 24, the war between Russia and Ukraine completed six months. Both sides have suffered heavy losses in this war, but still its end is not visible. It is estimated that at least 40,000 Russian soldiers have died in the Ukraine war. These figures have not been confirmed, but the Russian army is struggling with a shortage of soldiers. To increase the number of soldiers, President Vladimir Putin has ordered a large number of recruits by 2023. Putin has said in his order that the Defense Ministry should prepare to recruit 1,37,000 people to the Russian armed forces by next year. The Russian Armed Forces currently comprise one million soldiers, while two million are in reserve.