In addition to tactical nuclear weapons Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week he plans to station in Belarus, Lukashenko said Friday he would seen intercontinental ballistic missiles.
by hundreds of thousands of Belarusians, said the West is planning to take over both Belarus and its neighboring Poland.Lukashenko. "They are preparing to invade Belarus, to destroy our country."
"Putin and I will decide and introduce here, if necessary, strategic weapons, and they must understand this, the scoundrels abroad, who today are trying to blow us up from inside and outside," Lukashenkolawmakers and his constituents. "We will stop at nothing to protect our countries, our state, and their peoples. "We will protect our sovereignty and independence by any means necessary, including through the nuclear arsenal.
Putin said Saturday that the short-range nuclear weapons he plans to station in Belarus will remain under Russian control.
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