Belarus’ unhinged dictator Alexander Lukashenko has admitted he is “crazy” and has no “red lines” as he threatens the West with nuclear weapons handed to him by Vladimir Putin.
His rant came as Russian and Belarusian forces carried out tactical exercises with nuclear weapons, alleging that the West is threatening them.
“We are closer than ever to a nuclear catastrophe,” said Lukashenko, 69, who maintained his grip on power after rigging a presidential election and brutally suppressing protests in 2020.
‘We are not planning to attack anyone. But everyone should understand that we will hit them back.
‘And all his ‘Ah… Putin is putting pressure on Lukashenko’ talk. And then on me ‘he’s crazy, he doesn’t have [red] lines”.
‘They are absolutely right when they say it. I’m far from stupid but I don’t have [red] lines.’
Belarus organizes nuclear exercises
Russian and Belarusian forces are carrying out tactical exercises with nuclear weapons, claiming the West is threatening them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Victory Day, which marks the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in the center of Moscow, Russia. May 9, 2024
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
Images and videos show Lukashenko’s troops taking part in tactical nuclear weapons tests in Belarus that also involved ground-launched Iskander missiles and aerial warheads fired from Su-25 aircraft.
Last year, Putin supplied nuclear weapons to Belarus, with Lukashenko the Russian president’s closest ally.
The pair met in Moscow this week amid ongoing exercises, where a rambling Lukashenko told reporters: “Nuclear weapons are terrible weapons.
‘You have probably noticed that we and the Russian leaders often emphasize not a strategic nature.
‘God forbid we press this button again.
Today’s tactical weapons “are many times more powerful than in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” Lukashenko said.
‘An explosion will kill thousands and thousands of people. It is a terrible weapon. And to be able to use those weapons you have to train, you have to know how to do it.
‘This is our third training. The Russians have done more than that. But why did we do it publicly? You see what the situation is.
‘There is an escalation of tension, which comes mainly from Ukraine. But the escalation is not only in Ukraine: the Middle East is already on fire, Iran is close, further away, in the Pacific region, against China.
‘I’ve already said it: we are closer than ever to a nuclear catastrophe. What should we do in this situation?
‘We must learn to shoot with a machine gun. And keep your powder dry, including this deadly weapon.
“For us and Russia it is exclusively a weapon of deterrence. We don’t want anything foreign to us and Russia doesn’t want anything foreign to them.’
Today’s tactical weapons “are many times more powerful than in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” Lukashenko said.
Masked Belarusian soldiers operate a missile launcher
Putin and Lukashenko met in Moscow this week amid ongoing exercises, where the Belarusian president made shocking comments to journalists.
FILE – In this photo released by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry on April 20, 2022, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk, northwest Russia.
The deputy head of the Russian security council, Dmitry Medvedev, said this week that kyiv’s use of Western missiles to attack Russian soil – or the stationing of NATO troops in Ukraine – will be seen as direct entry by Western countries. in the war “to which he will have to respond.”
‘In this case, none of them will be able to hide in the Capitol, the Elysee Palace, or 10 Downing Street.
‘A world catastrophe will come.
‘By the way, Kennedy and Khrushchev could understand this more than 60 years ago.
“But the current childish idiots who have taken power in the West do not want to understand,” he said.