US sees no signs of Russian nuclear weapons delivery to Belarus
The US currently sees no signs that Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been delivered to Belarus.
Source: John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, during a briefing, as reported by European Pravda
"On Belarus, all I can tell you is we’ve seen no indication of anything that would force us to change our own posture with respect to nuclear readiness or capabilities," he stated.
Kirby also emphasised that the constant rhetoric of self-proclaimed president Lukashenko is "in keeping with reckless and irresponsible ways of talking about nuclear capabilities".
"But, again, we haven’t seen any indication that movement of nuclear weapons is imminent or happening. And we certainly haven’t seen anything that would cause us to change our own posture," he added.
Background:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that tactical nuclear weapons will be delivered to Belarus after 7-8 July.
- On 25 May, the defence ministers of Russia and Belarus signed documents on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. On the same day, Lukashenko announced that the nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation had already begun to be delivered to Belarus.
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