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The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that "dozens of Russian nuclear weapons" have been deployed in Belarus. The move has raised concerns in the West that Moscow's war against Ukraine could widen.
Speaking at the People's Assembly of Belarus in Minsk on April 25, Lukashenko said the meeting had unanimously approved a new military doctrine that considers the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil as a strategy to deter attacks.
Belarus has provided logistical support to Russia since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Since then, Moscow has moved tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus – the first such move outside of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. .
NATO has called this move "dangerous and irresponsible".
Lukashenko said it was "a mistake" that all strategic nuclear weapons left Belarus after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and that Russia's tactical nuclear weapons "should" remain in Belarus.
He added that Belarusian independence must be preserved "no matter what."
Lukashenko often talks about the risk of an attack from NATO or Ukraine to justify the need for his country to keep its military on high alert.
In a speech on April 25, he claimed that opposition groups planned to take control of areas in western Belarus and requested the support of NATO troops.
Belarus' security service said on April 25 it had foiled an attack in Minsk by drones launched from Lithuania, a charge immediately denied by officials in Vilnius.
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