Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina said Russia’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would escalate tensions in the region. wrote about him Twitter account.
Vladimir Putin’s decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons and missile systems in Belarus further escalates tensions over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
“Solution <…> On the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus <…> It just adds to the tension,” Yasina said.
For him, this is a new step towards pulling Belarus “into the cogs of the Russian military machine”.
“It also poses risks to nonproliferation,” he concluded.
The day before Putin declarationOn July 1, 2023, the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons will be completed in Belarus. The Russian president noted that the Russian Federation did not transfer nuclear weapons to Belarus, but the United States has been doing it for ten years – it will deploy it in Belarus and train military personnel like the United States in Europe.