Russia to supply Belarus with Iskander-M missile systems
Russia has decided to accept the Iskander-M missile systems by the president of allied Belarus, Russian Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on Saturday in St. Petersburg with Belarusian authoritarian transport Alexander Lukashenko.
According to Putin, the systems will be handed over to Minsk in the coming months. He noted that Iskander-M can be used both ballistic and cruise missiles, “both in conventional and nuclear versions.” The officially named missile range of this complex is up to 500 kilometers.
Putin and Lukashenko meet in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the conclusion of the register of relations between their countries.
They take place on the territory of the alleged Ukraine that its territory for the first time was subjected to a massive rocket bombardment from the airspace of Belarus. The village of Desna in the Chernihiv region was hit. “Today’s strike is directly related to the tension of the Kremlin pulling Belarus into the war in Ukraine as one of the belligerents,” Ukrainian intelligence said.
At the talks with President Lukashenko on June 25, the Russian authorities also offered to re-equip the Su-25 attack aircraft in service with Belarus at Russian factories. Lukashenko turned into Putin with the ability to adequately respond to the experimental flights of NATO aircraft that can carry nuclear weapons. In this regard, Lukashenka suggested considering the issue of protecting the interests of Belarusian aircraft.
Vladimir Putin noted that the Belarusian army has a fairly large group of Su-25 aircraft. “They could be retrofitted accordingly,” TASS quoted Putin as saying.
Alexander Lukashenko, in a conversation with Putin, proposed the voluntary use of “the most serious use of weapons” to protect Belarus and Russia from external danger. As Lukashenka said, he is “strongly annoyed” by the aggressive, confrontational policy of Poland and Lithuania. “I don’t know why they need this confrontation, but it’s clear that they are standing behind their backs, pushing them,” Lukashenka says.
Belarus is not a direct world war in Ukraine. Western countries, including the US, UK and cases, strongly condemned the attack and brought several packages of acute cases against Moscow. Lukashenko, Western allies will not recognize as the legitimate head of state after the August 2020 elections, this is the definition of the logistical support that Russia has supported since the start of its invasion of Ukraine in late February. Part of the Russian troops entered Ukraine through a section of the border with Belarus.
Western countries, in connection with the war in Ukraine, were subjected to historical sanctions and Lukashenka’s encirclement – for his Moscow.