Nuclear threats continue: Putin discusses new security guarantees for Russia and Belarus
Photo: Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Getty Images)
Russia and Belarus may sign a security guarantee agreement today, December 6, which allegedly involves the use of nuclear weapons, according to the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the so-called "union state."
According to the Kremlin leader, the new treaty that Moscow and Minsk plan to sign "defines mutual allied commitments to ensure the defense, protection of sovereignty, independence, and constitutional order of Russia and Belarus, as well as the integrity and inviolability of the territories and external borders of the 'union state.'"
"Moreover, this involves the use of all available forces and means. This includes, in particular, Russian tactical nuclear weapons stationed, at the proposal of the President of Belarus (Alexander Lukashenko - ed.), on the territory of the Republic of Belarus," Putin added.
The Kremlin leader clarified that this agreement is allegedly aimed at ensuring the reliable protection of Russia's and Belarus's security.
Putin's nuclear threats
Since the start of its full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has continued to threaten the use of nuclear weapons.
Recently, the Russian authorities decided to amend their nuclear doctrine, expanding the list of conditions under which Russia may use nuclear weapons. One such condition is "aggression" against Russia by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear one.
This was Moscow's response to the permission granted to Ukraine by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to use supplied long-range missiles for strikes on Russian territory.
