Vladimir Putin y Alexander Lukashenko This Friday they sealed a treated with mutual security guarantees in which they support the use of nuclear weapons against potential external threats.
The long-awaited agreement between the Russian president and his Belarusian satellite has been closed after a meeting in Minsk. There they have agreed on a text that includes “mutual obligations” aimed at “guaranteeing the defense, protecting the sovereignty, independence and constitutional order” of the two neighboring countries.
Putin himself has been in charge of presenting it in public, warning that for these purposes could use “all forces” y available means“.
Russia, which has already deployed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus After the start of the military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it also plans to to send to Belarusian territory misiles Oreshnikthe new ballistic projectile that the Russian forces and that Moscow wants to mass produce.
Lukashenko has publicly asked Putin that, after the “success” demonstrated by the missile in Ukrainethese missiles are also deployed in Belarus.
In this regard, the all-powerful Russian leader has responded with an outstretched hand, going so far as to put date of this deploymentwhich would be possible for the second half of 2025according to statements collected by the Interfax news agency.
“By then, according to our preliminary estimates, we will have achieved serial production“Putin said during the ceremony, with which both presidents symbolized a close alliance that extends from the political to the military fields.
