Vladimir Putin continues to threaten the stability of the Western world. The Russian leader explained on Friday that the operation to place nuclear weapons in Belarus is certain and will begin in July, specifically from the 8th.
“As you know, on July 7-8 the preparation of the corresponding facilities will be completed and we will immediately begin deploying the corresponding weapons on your territory. So, everything is going according to plan,” Putin stressed to his ally Alexander Lukashenko.
The agreement to install short-range nuclear missiles has put the European bloc on alert. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin met in Minsk a fortnight ago to finalize nuclear weapons agreements.
“Some of the Belarusian aircraft have been converted for the possible use of nuclear weapons. The military have received appropriate training,” Shoigu explained.
The missiles used are the tactical-operational Iskander-M missiles, capable of using both conventional and nuclear weapons.
These measures are seen as necessary by the Russian government.
“It’s an effective response to the aggressive policy of hostile countries,” Putin declared.
Putin again lashes out at the West
Whilst the public support in the Western media continues to be with Ukraine, Putin’s words have done little to ease tensions.
“A real war has once again been unleashed against our homeland,” he confirmed.
“But we resist international terrorism and will also defend the inhabitants of the Donbas and ensure our security,” Putin explained on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade on May 9.
He accused the West of imposing its will, its rights, its rules and forging a system of plunder, violence and oppression.
Branding Europe as a supremacist continent, Putin continued to be critical of the international response to its offensive on Ukraine.
“We consider any supremacist ideology to be by its nature repugnant, criminal and deadly.”
“Instead, globalist elites continue to defend their exclusivity, pit people against each other and divide societies, provoke bloody conflicts and coups, sow hatred, Russophobia and aggressive nationalism.”