The Belarusian army declared on Tuesday that it had started an exercise to check the degree of readiness of its tactical nuclear weapons launchers.
On Tuesday, Moscow announced exercises concerning these same nuclear weapons, particularly near Ukraine.
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The warning from the Belarusian army. The latter declared on Tuesday that it had in turn started an exercise to check the degree of preparation of its tactical nuclear weapons launchers, the day after the announcement by its Russian ally of exercises concerning these nuclear weapons, in particular near the Ukraine.
Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovitch, quoted by the official Belta news agency, stressed that this exercise was linked to the Russian announcement and would be “synchronized” with Moscow. According to this official, it will involve “first of all“, on the Belarusian side, Iskander missile systems and Su-25 bombers.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS LAUNCHERS
The Belarusian army declared yesterday that it had in turn started an exercise to check the degree of readiness of its tactical nuclear weapons launchers, the day after the announcement by its Russian ally of exercises concerning these nuclear weapons, in particular near Ukraine. The secretary of the Belarusian Security Council, Alexander Volfovitch, quoted by the official Belta news agency, stressed that this exercise was linked to the Russian announcement and would be “synchronized” with Moscow.
According to this official, it will involve “above all”, on the Belarusian side, Iskander missile systems and Su-25 bombers. Russia deployed tactical nuclear weapons in the summer of 2023 in Belarus, its closest ally and a neighboring country of the European Union, which remain under its control.
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On Monday, Russia announced tactical nuclear weapons exercises, in response, according to the Kremlin, to bellicose statements by Western leaders. Vladimir Putin ordered to proceed “in the near future“to such exercises involving in particular troops positioned near Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
