Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that “several dozen” Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been deployed in Belarus under an agreement made between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2023.

Though the transfer supposedly began last June, this marks the first time Russia has transferred nuclear missiles to a foreign country since the Soviet Union era. As a close ally of Putin, Lukashenko insisted the deployment was at his request, adding that Belarus is ready to “resist any aggressor and inflict unacceptable damage on [them]."

Lukashenko also reminded his audience that Putin will consider any attacks on Belarus as a direct attack on his country. “Russia will use the entire arsenal it has. It will be an apocalypse,” he said.

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Putin has repeatedly warned that the West's support for their opponent is putting it in direct confrontation with Russia and could even lead to nuclear conflict.

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