Russia: Putin Sends Nuclear Weapons to Belarus – What’s His Next Plan?

Putin and Lukashenko are considering a framework against “external pressure” that would include other former Soviet republics.

If there is anything evident in these early days of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which reportedly began all spring late, it is that while Volodymyr Zelensky waited, Vladimir Putin plotted Russia’s defense in an aggressive mood.

Because otherwise, how can one explain the explosions that destroyed the Nova Cahovka Dam in Kherson in southern Ukraine, for which no one claims responsibility, but which are both useful from a purely strategic point of view?

Putin is now upping the ante and bringing his henchman, Alexander Lukashenko, into play, announcing that by July 7-8, all work on Belarus’ tactical nuclear deployment infrastructure will be completed.

The above was discussed at the resort of the Russian president in Sochi, however, it was agreed upon some time ago that he argued in his Victory Day speech that he is not doing anything to upset the whole world, he is simply copying similar moves by us.

Love and hate relationship

It should be noted that Lukashenko has not always been subservient to Putin, but there was a long period during which their relationship went from love to hate and back again. But when the Russian president helped his Belarusian counterpart “silence” the voices of protesters on the streets of his country, after the contentious 2020 presidential election, their relationship took on defining roles.

The 1.5 million loan provided by Russia to Belarus undoubtedly helped, as well as the extremely cheap agreements reached for the continuous supply of natural gas and oil to the latter from the former.

Since then, the Mishnaks have turned their backs on Moscow in the military campaign in Kiev and agreed to host Russian nuclear weapons on its territory.

Indeed, Lukashenko reportedly pointed the knife at Zelensky’s open wound by saying that “our biggest mistake, probably, was not solving the whole problem in 2014-15, when Ukraine had no army. We wanted to end it peacefully. But they used the intervening time to build up a battle-ready army.” “.

Kyrgyz .. see

Perhaps most interesting in all of this is Putin’s typo, as Lukashenko said, according to RIA Novosti, that Russia and Belarus are contemplating a framework against the “external pressure” they are under, which may include other former Soviet republics.

As the site says eurasiareview.com In the aftermath of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit at the end of May, the President of Kazakhstan, Kachym Zomart, warned Tokayev against turning it into a political alliance in favor of Russia and its war in Ukraine. Given that Kyrgyzstan and Armenia are more economically dependent on Putin’s country, it is quite understandable that bargaining is in full swing.

“For us, joining the Eurasian Economic Union is primarily an economic matter, as stipulated in the 2015 agreement. Any other areas indicated in the strategy, of course, have a right to exist, but they must be analyzed from the perspective of economics, ”he says. Tokayer stressed at the time, noting “a unique precedent for creating a country in the formula of two states – one state”, referring to Russia and Belarus.

It should be noted that Russia considers Belarus important for its war plans – and not only – because its southern side is a stone’s throw from Kiev, while Lukashenko’s country borders Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, all of which are NATO members. Belarus is also part of the shortest route between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, a Russian-controlled exclave to the west on the Baltic Sea.