Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry MedvedevHe warned that if Ukraine took it, his country would launch a preemptive nuclear strike. nuclear weaponsthe extreme east, which he did not exclude.
“There are ruthless laws of war. When it comes to (supply to Ukraine) nuclear weapons, we will have to launch a preemptive attack”According to the official Russian agency TASS, during Medvedev’s visit to Vietnam.
He added that NATO countries have expanded the range of weapons they send to Ukraine. “The Kiev regime will probably be given (F-16) planes” and “maybe nuclear weapons.”
“But that will mean they will fall on them. nuclear charged missiles“, stressed Medvedev, who was the president and current leader of Russia from 2008 to 2012. United RussiaKremlin party.
Statements by the former president, President of Belarus Alexandr Lukashenko this Thursday Transfer of Russian tactical nuclear weapons To the territory of his country, which borders Ukraine.
Lukashenko refused to specify the number of nuclear warheads his country would receive, although he assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that he agreed with all the details.
“I will not reveal the number and location. “We have agreed on the deployment of nuclear weapons,” he said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, He stressed that the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus does not mean their delivery to the allied country.
“Russia does not transfer nuclear weapons to the United States” Republic of Belarus“Their control and the decision to use them rests with the Russian side,” Shoigu said.