Aleksandr Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, indicated yesterday that there are now aircraft of the Belarusian air force equipped to carry nuclear weapons. “They have to understand that no helicopters or aircraft will save them if they decide to aggravate the situation. Putin and I once said in St. Petersburg that we will refit Belarusian Sukhoi aircraft among other things so that they could carry nuclear weapons. Do you think we talk nonsense? Everything is ready!” he said, the official BelTA news agency reported.
In the process of his remarks, Lukashenko implicitly raised the question of military exercises that can unintentionally lead to war. “We are very concerned about training flights of U.S.A. and NATO aircraft, which are training to carry nuclear warheads. It is very stress-inducing for us. This is why I ask you to consider a tit-for-tat response to these things. Without overdoing it.”
