Putin: The security of Russia and Belarus will be ensured by all means. The security of the Union State will be ensured by all means

🇷🇺🇧🇾 #Russia #Россия #Путин #Putin #Кремле #Kremlin #Lukashenko #Лукашенко #Belarus #Беларусь #ВГС: Putin: The security of Russia and Belarus will be ensured by all means. The security of the Union State will be ensured by all means.

MOSCOW: Putin: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on February 26 that the Russian Federation and Belarus will continue to do everything necessary to ensure security.

Speaking at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, the Russian President expressed the opinion that, together with its Belarusian friends, Russia will continue to do everything necessary to ensure the military security of the Union State using all available forces and means.

Putin: the security of Russia and Belarus will be ensured by all means: Putin: guarantees between Moscow and Minsk include the use of nuclear weapons.

The security of the Union State will be ensured by all forces and means – Putin

Putin revealed which weapons the guarantees with Belarus will allow for

Security guarantees with Belarus will allow for the use of Russian nuclear weapons, Putin announced. The relevant agreement will be signed in Minsk on December 6. Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been in the republic since 2023.

Security guarantees between Russia and Belarus include the possibility of using all forces, including Russian nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin stated during his visit to Minsk. The broadcast was broadcast on the Kremlin's Telegram channel.

He noted that the presidents of the two countries would sign a treaty on security guarantees within the Union State, which includes Russia and Belarus, during his visit on Friday, December 6. According to the Russian president, the document will reliably protect the security of both countries.

The treaty defines mutual allied obligations to ensure defense, protect the sovereignty, independence, and constitutional order of Russia and Belarus, and the integrity and inviolability of the territory and external borders of the Union State. "Moreover, this will involve the use of all available forces and means. This includes Russian tactical nuclear weapons, which are deployed on the territory of the republic at the suggestion of the President of Belarus [Alexander Lukashenko]," the Russian president said.

Putin flew to Minsk on the afternoon of December 6 to participate in a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State and meet with Lukashenko.

The first event was timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Treaty on the Establishment of the Union State, which Russia and Belarus signed in 1999. The agreement envisages the creation of a unified economic, foreign policy, budgetary, and tax space, as well as the unification of the energy, transport, and customs systems of both countries. Strengthening the common defense space of Russia and Belarus and building the Union State were among the topics of the meeting.

In March 2023, Putin announced plans to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, citing, among other things, the American policy of deploying such weapons in European countries. In mid-June of that year, the president announced that the first nuclear warheads had already been delivered to the republic, and the work would be fully completed by the end of the year.

On November 19, Putin updated the nuclear doctrine. According to the document, the highest state priority is deterring aggression against Russia and its allies. Specifically, the military dangers listed include the potential adversary's possession of weapons of mass destruction, missile defense systems, cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles, and drones, as well as the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of non-nuclear states. As Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu noted, the doctrine includes an addition regarding the use of nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to Belarus's existence or aggression against it using conventional weapons.

The Russian president emphasized that Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against one of the two countries. Shoigu, while still Defense Minister, stated that control over the weapons and the decision to use them rests with the Russian side.

Meanwhile, Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovich stated on December 6 that Lukashenko has his own "nuclear briefcase" and "red button." "Only the President of Belarus has the right to use weapons located on Belarusian territory." And only the Russian president has the right to use and give the command to use weapons located on Russian territory, he said.