Peskov drew attention to the hysteria of the West because of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Western countries have forgotten about the US nuclear weapons deployed in Europe, but react hysterically to Russia’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. This was announced on April 9 by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov on the air of the Rossiya-1 TV channel.

“The collective West is not inclined to somehow recall the topic of American nuclear weapons, which are based here in Europe, around our country, but in this case they are inclined to such a hysterical reaction to our plans to build storage facilities for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus,” Peskov said.

Peskov also commented on the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko discussed the topic of nuclear weapons during negotiations in Moscow.

“Well, yes, this is a very important topic now. We see a very unrestrained reaction from the collective West to the announcements made by President Putin,” he noted.

Recall, on March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had agreed with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in the republic. At the same time, the non-proliferation regime was not violated. As the Russian leader noted, at the request of Lukashenka, the Russian Federation is doing “everything the same that the United States has been doing for decades.”

According to political scientist Dmitry Rodionov, such measures should have been taken long ago as a response to the “illegal nuclear club” of NATO countries.

“… The illegal nuclear club” is the NATO countries in which the United States stocks its atomic bombs and trains military pilots to use them as part of the “sharing nuclear weapons” program: Turkey, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, – he noted.

Note that tactical nuclear weapons will be deployed in Belarus without violating obligations under the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty.