{"id":45000,"date":"2022-12-21T12:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T09:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/russia-denies-plans-to-send-nuclear-weapons-to-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"russia-denies-plans-to-send-nuclear-weapons-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45000\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia denies plans to send nuclear weapons to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 21, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Moscow does not plan to supply Belarus with nuclear-tipped missiles to be used by Belarus-based Su-25 attack aircraft and Iskander missile systems, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson told <span>Kommersant<\/span>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Mariya Zakharova\u2019s statement comes the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka played up a program to re-equip obsolete Belarusian warplanes for carrying what they called \u201cspecial\u201d ammunition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Russia and Belarus are committed to their obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Zakharova said, but added that Russia will transfer Iskander-M dual-warhead systems with conventional warheads and Su-25 aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons to Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t However, it will not share technology for re-equipping the aircraft into nuclear weapons carriers, she stressed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Russia does not plan to build storage facilities for nuclear warheads in Belarus, she added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In addition, she said that Belarusian soldiers training in Russia are not taught to handle nuclear warheads.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Further steps by Moscow and Minsk will depend on NATO\u2019s actions, she said, noting that the Russian president alone could authorize the use of nuclear ammunition with Belarus-based systems.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A few months ago, during his visit to a mechanical plant in Minsk on August 26, \u0141uka\u0161enka said in an apparent reference to NATO that \u201cno helicopters or planes will save them if they escalate.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t He claimed that Russia had re-equipped Belarus\u2019 Sukhoi aircraft for delivering nuclear munitions. The military command of Belarus identified \u201cdecision-making centers\u201d that \u201cwill be hit in the event of provocation,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Observers noted, however, that the Kremlin does not trust \u0141uka\u0161enka as much as to send nuclear ammunition to Belarus for storage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21, BPN. Moscow does not plan to supply Belarus with nuclear-tipped missiles to be used by Belarus-based Su-25 attack aircraft and Iskander missile systems, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson told Kommersant. Mariya Zakharova\u2019s statement comes the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka played up a program to re-equip obsolete Belarusian warplanes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45000","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia denies plans to send nuclear weapons to Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 21, BPN. 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