Russia’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons Test in Minsk and Moscow Commonwealth – Mehr News Agency | Iranian and world news

Belarusian Preside Alexander Lukashenko says the coury and Russia will test tactical nuclear missiles as well as Moscow’s “Urshenics” in their joi exercise.

Russia used the Ukrainian missiles for the first time in the Ukrainian war. The five -day Minsk and Moscow joi exercise under the name Zapad, which began on September 9, ends today. The purpose of this exercise is to show the power display with the aim of testing the two couries‘ combat readiness.

The exercises, which Western military analysts have aimed at announcing Europe, came a few days after Poland and NATO forces announced the overthrow of drones that they say belong to Russia over Polish airspace. Following the incide, Warsaw temporarily closed his border with Belarus.

As a close ally of Moscow, Belarus has a common border with Russia, Ukraine, as well as Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, all of which are members of NATO and host Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons on its territory.

The use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Zapad maneuvers is quite natural, Belarus Belva quoted Lukashenko as saying.

“We practice everything from small weapons to nuclear warheads,” he said. They (the West) know this too, and we do not hide anything. Again, we should be able to have such tests, otherwise the deployme of these weapons in Belarusian soil has no reason. However, we have no ieion of threatening anyone.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry has confirmed the use of tactical nuclear weapons along with the firing of the Ukraine’s November 9 last November.

Russian Preside Vladimir Putin said last year that Russia will probably deploy rocket missiles in Belarus by the second half of the year. These missiles are not iercepted.

According to Reuters, Lukashenko, who is constaly in coact with Putin, allowed Moscow to use Belarus soil to eer Ukraine in February, but did not participate in the battle.

On the other hand, US Preside Donald Trump is trying to approach Belarus and facilitated some Minsk sanctions last week in exchange for the release of four prisoners, including Lukashenko’s political oppones.

Also, US Army officers were watching part of the Zapad exercise yesterday; A sign that may indicate the warming between Washington and Minsk.