Medvedev: An attack on Belarus will result in a nuclear response
The former preside of Russia emphasized that in case of an attack on Belarus, this coury has the right to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
According to Isna, “Dmitry Medvedev”, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and the former preside of this coury, said this Sunday evening: “If Ukraine attacks Belarus, Minsk will have the full right to strike Kiev with nuclear weapons.” It was.”
Medvedev reacted to the statemes of Ukrainian represeative Oleg Donda on Friday.
At an ai-Russian conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, Donda suggested that “it is necessary to move the war not only to the territory of the Bryansk and Kursk regions (Russia) but also to Belarus.”
“I am deeply confide that if we eer Belarus with relatively small units, the Belarusian army will lay down its weapons,” the Ukrainian represeative said on Friday. And he added, “This is not a subjective belief, but a reality, and by hitting Belarus, we will hit Russia.”
Responding to Donda’s commes on his Telegram channel on Sunday, Medvedev wrote that such an attack would quickly trigger a nuclear response.
The former preside of Russia added: “The smelly Donda has proposed to transfer the war to Belarus.” So Alexander Grigorevich (Belarusian Preside Lukashenko) will have a completely legitimate reason to ask Russia to use strategic nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus.”
Russia is currely finalizing an updated version of its nuclear doctrine. The update was proposed by Russian Preside Vladimir Putin earlier this moh amid growing involveme of Western nuclear powers in the Ukraine conflict.
The updated doctrine allows Russia to deploy its own nuclear deterre in the eve of an attack on Belarus or Russia by a coury backed by a Western nuclear power.
Medvedev, a long-time hardliner in the Ukraine conflict, noted last moh that Russia has had every reason to use nuclear weapons throughout the Ukraine conflict, but has so far exercised restrai. He cautioned, however, that “there is always a limit to patience.”
As Russia’s closest ally, Belarus has supported Moscow in all of Ukraine’s conflicts, much to Kiev’s chagrin.
Minsk does not have a nuclear arsenal, but in 2023 Putin ordered Russia’s strategic nuclear weapons to be deployed in Belarus.
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