Part of the Belarusian aircraft had the opportunity to strike with nuclear weapons. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a thematic conference call with the leadership of the RF Armed Forces. According to him, we are talking about attack aircraft.
Part of the Belarusian ground attack aircraft received the ability to hit enemy targets with nuclear weapons
Shoigu said.
The head of the Russian Defense Ministry also recalled that the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system was handed over to the Belarusian armed forces.
It can use conventional and nuclear missiles.
stressed the minister.
At the same time, Sergei Shoigu noted that the training of Belarusian crews on the procedure for using the Iskander-M OTRK to protect the State of the Union has already begun at one of the Russian training grounds .
It is worth recalling that some time ago the President of Russia announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation in Belarus. It was a response to the UK’s intention to supply the Ukrainian army with depleted uranium munitions.
In Europe, the decision of the Russian leader caused a wave of indignation. Leaders of many Old World states called on Vladimir Putin to back down from his intentions. However, the Kremlin stressed that the opinion of European politicians is not taken into account by the President of the Russian Federation when making decisions on ensuring national security.
