Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is showing his eyes by deploying more than one and a half lakh soldiers and missiles on the border of Ukraine, has now also openly supported the dictator of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko has warned that he will deploy Russia’s state-of-the-art nuclear weapons in his country if his adversaries act foolishly and pose a foreign threat. The dictator of Belarus has given this warning at a time when the clouds of war are hovering between Russia and Western countries regarding Ukraine.
Even before this, Lukashenko has offered Russia to deploy nuclear weapons. The dictator said, ‘If necessary and our adversaries take foolish steps, we will deploy not only nuclear bombs, but even more lethal nuclear weapons and other weapons that will come to the defense of our territory. But if Belarus does not face any threat from non-friendly countries, then nuclear weapons will not be needed here for the next hundreds of years.
Lukashenka has been in power since 1994 despite widespread protests in Belarus, and according to a constitutional amendment, he will now remain in power until 2035. Belarus does not have atomic bombs of its own. Before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, there were 35,000 nuclear bombs scattered around the Soviet Republic. When the Soviet Union disintegrated, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus had 3,200 atomic bombs. Most of these were planted inside intercontinental missiles that were deployed to attack the US.
Since then, 3200 nuclear bombs have been defused and returned to Russia. Russia has destroyed these bombs and used the fuel released from them to generate electricity. Both Russia and Belarus are conducting large-scale exercises amid tensions in Ukraine. This exercise will end on February 20. To take part in this exercise, 30 thousand Russian soldiers and missiles that fired nuclear bombs have reached Belarus.
Talk to Kiev Donbass for peace in Ukraine: Putin
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a briefing in Moscow on Friday after talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that the Kiev authorities would have to hold talks with Donbass representatives to restore peace in Ukraine. “The President of Belarus and I agree that there is a way to restore civil peace in Ukraine and that is the implementation of the Minsk Agreements,” Putin said. “Only Kiev has to sit at the negotiating table with the representatives of the Donbass and agree on political, military, economic and humanitarian measures to end the conflict,” he said. He said that tension is increasing in the region.
In return, Lukashenko said Belarus and Russia would work together to defend their borders amid heightened tensions in Ukraine and an increasing flow of weapons. Lukashenko said, “It was our normal decision to conduct military exercises, which are determined by the situation and we are conducting exercises in our area in a transparent manner.” Putin said Russia and Belarus have agreed to continue to take all necessary collective measures to ensure the security of both countries in light of the increasing military activity of NATO countries on the external borders of both countries.