Poland Warned After Putin Vows to Arm Belarus With Nukes

Putin ally Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said in a Friday address to the nation and parliament that Belarus will defend itself by any means, including with nuclear weapons.

“We will preserve sovereignty and independence and provide everything possible, including with a nuclear arsenal,” he said, according to Interfax.

“Our refitted aircraft can also carry nuclear munitions,” Lukashenko said, according to Belta.

The news comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Moscow will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, in what would be the first time Russia places nuclear arms outside of the country since the mid-1990s. Moscow has already sent some Iskander tactical missile systems, used to launch nuclear weapons, to Belarus, Putin added. And according to British intelligence, Russia has already deployed KILLJOY missiles, capable of carrying conventional or nuclear warheads, to Belarus.

Belarus and Russia have been working together for years as a so-called “union state,” in which both countries work…

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