Alexander Lukashenko: NATO is preparing to attack us, we will respond with nuclear weapons ᐉ News from Fakti.bg – World

The autonomous leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, accused NATO of planning an attack on his country and threatened to use nuclear weapons, DPA said, quoted by BTA.

“An attack on Belarus means the Third World War,” Lukashenko told students in Minsk, quoted by Belarusian state news agency BelTA.

Both Belarus and neighboring Russia would use nuclear weapons in such a case, he said. Lukashenko thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for the recent change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

In his speech at the State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Lukashenko said that NATO has serious plans to attack Belarus. “The Americans and the Poles have already entered the border, especially the Polish one. We know that the Polish leadership is already wringing its hands,” said e.

Minsk is ready for such actions and will respond immediately, Lukashenko said clearly.

Since NATO could counter the use of nuclear weapons with nuclear strikes of its own, Russia would deploy its entire arsenal. The West is not ready for such an increase, the President of Belarus said.

Belarus itself is not a nuclear power, but since the end of 2023 Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been installed on its territory. In April, Lukashenko mentioned the use of several dozen nuclear warheads, DPA notes.

Belarus also received Russian Iskander ballistic missiles, which can be equipped with nuclear warheads. Su-25 warplanes have also been redesigned to carry such weapons.

Although Moscow claims to have control over the nuclear weapons used in Belarus, Lukashenko has already used them in his country’s military doctrine.