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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-favorite-ally-belarusian-leader-alexander-lukashenko-is-caving-in-to-the-kremlin">Putin ally Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko</a> said in a Friday address to the nation and parliament that Belarus will defend itself by any means, including with nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>“We will preserve sovereignty and independence and provide everything possible, including with a nuclear arsenal,” he said, according to <a href="https://www.interfax.ru/world/893831">Interfax.</a></p>
<p>“Our refitted aircraft can also carry nuclear munitions,” Lukashenko said, according to <a href="https://eng.belta.by/president/view/belarus-ready-to-host-strategic-nuclear-weapons-if-necessary-157781-2023/">Belta.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/poland-warned-after-vladimir-putin-vows-to-arm-belarus-with-nuclear-weapons">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html --> Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via Reuters via third party
Putin ally Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said in a Friday address to the nation and parliament that Belarus will defend itself by any means, including with nuclear weapons.
“We will preserve sovereignty and independence and provide everything possible, including with a nuclear arsenal,” he said, according to Interfax.
“Our refitted aircraft can also carry nuclear munitions,” Lukashenko said, according to Belta.