Vladimir Putin deploys tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, as well as aircraft and missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons .
The Russian president's announcement came today, it is an initial response to the shipment of depleted uranium ammunition to Kiev by the West: «We too have many of these weapons, but we haven't used them yet. The supply of such weapons to Ukraine for us is a threat, so the West prolongs the conflict,” he said quoted by RIA Novosti.
«On July 1 – Putin announced – the construction of a depot of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus will be completed . Moscow and Minsk agreed that, without violating their obligations under the START Treaty, they would deploy tactical nuclear weapons there.
Then he specified that « we will place our weapons there to train the Belarusian military, as the United States did in Europe . The US has long since deployed its tactical nuclear weapons to some countries, so Belarus' request to us is not unusual."
«Moscow – Putin added – has already delivered the Iskander missile system, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, to Minsk. And we will also deploy ten aircraft capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus ».
Finally, in a crescendo of threats, he said that Moscow will produce over 1,600 tanks within a year: " The total number of Russian tanks will thus exceed the number of Ukrainian ones by more than three times ".
(Unioneonline/L)
