Will Russia create storage facilities for nuclear weapons in Belarus

The deputy head of the Russian delegation at the meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, Konstantin Vorontsov, appreciated

the possibility of creating storage facilities for Russian nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. He is quoted by RIA Novosti. Discuss

According to Vorontsov, such a decision is not being considered, so nuclear weapons will continue to be stored in central warehouses within the territory of the Russian Federation.

So far, the Belarusian military is being trained in Russian training centers. But at the same time, according to programs that do not consider the operation of nuclear warheads.

We will measure further steps with actionsNATO countries, in particular, we are carefully following the development of events after the recent statement by the Polish leadership about an official appeal to the United States on the issue of deploying American nuclear weapons on Polish territory. The extremely destabilizing nature of such a step is simply obvious.

Konstantin VorontsovDeputy head of the Russian delegation at the meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly

Vorontsov added that Russia “reserves the right to take additional measures to ensure the security of the Union State.”