
Lukashenko Suggests Nukes for Russian Allies
The President of Kazakhstan laughed off the suggestion that his nation would accept Russian nuclear weapons.

The President of Kazakhstan laughed off the suggestion that his nation would accept Russian nuclear weapons.

Minsk said that it would not be violating non-proliferation agreements because Moscow would be in control of any nuclear weapons brought into Belarus.

Ukraine called on the people of Belarus to stand up to Moscow.

The Russian leader pointed out that the U.S. had been placing tactical nuclear weapons on their allies’ territory for decades and that there was “nothing unusual” about it.

The Belarusian president and his Iranian counterpart inked cooperation deals in various areas while comparing notes on how to navigate Western-imposed sanctions.

With Poland ramping up its border security with Belarus, some speculate that a ‘new Iron Curtain’ is coming down, as the war in Ukraine divides the East and West.

Does the creation of a new paramilitary force indicate that Belarus is getting drawn further into the Ukraine war?

Oleh Izhak, the head of research at the Kyiv-based National Institute for Strategic Studies, said that 20,000 combat-capable Belarusian soldiers and 9,000 Russian soldiers could stage an offensive from the north.

MiG fighters, equipped to carry nuclear warheads, are settled in Belarus as part of the ‘regional military grouping.’ The threat this poses to Europe should be taken very seriously.

The entry of Belarusian forces into the war marks a decisive step in the evolution of the conflict—and its extension beyond the two main combatants.