Putin supplies nuclear-capable missiles to Lukashenko's Belarus 

Created: 2022-06-25Updated: 2022-06-25, 8:17 p.m

By: Moritz Serif

Russian President Putin has met with dictator Lukashenko.

Belarus will receive missiles that can be equipped with nuclear warheads.

St. Petersburg - Russia will supply nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus.

This was announced by President Vladimir Putin.

This is the Iskander-M missile system, which can also be equipped with nuclear warheads.

Lukashenko had already announced the planned purchase of Iskander missiles and S-400 air defense systems in May.

Putin has now also promised Lukashenko to help upgrade Belarusian warplanes so that they can also transport nuclear weapons in the future.

The Belarusian army has many Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets, which could be "improved" accordingly, Putin said at a meeting with Lukashenko in St. Petersburg.

Lukashenko (left) and Putin (right) at a meeting in April (archive image).

© picture alliance/dpa/Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov

Putin's Russia supplies nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus

The modernization has to be carried out in aircraft factories in Russia, and staff training can begin at the same time.

Armament plans in the midst of the Ukraine conflict are likely to cause new tensions between Moscow and the West.

On the same day, Russia also removed a commemorative flag in Poland commemorating Stalin's murders.

Belarus borders Ukraine and several NATO countries, but is a close ally of Russia.

Belarus has repeatedly provided diplomatic and logistical support for the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, and attacks on Ukraine have also been launched from Belarus.

(mse with afp)