Lukashenko warns that “Russia can bring out its most dangerous weapon” if NATO enters Ukraine

MADRID 23 Oct. () –

The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, warned this Wednesday that Russia may resort to the “most dangerous weapon in its warehouse”, in reference to nuclear weapons, if NATO finally enters Ukraine, as kyiv suggests after the alleged presence of North Korean troops in the conflict.

“I don’t think the Russian military and leaders need the North Koreans at all,” said Lukashenko, while passing through Kazan to attend the BRICS summit where Belarus’s possible accession to the group will be discussed.

“There are enough people on the Ukrainian front,” Lukashenko said, after the Ukrainians, he assured, had fled the war. “The difference is significant, therefore I do not believe this can happen. I have no information that the North Koreans are or will be there,” he concluded.

Lukashenko has insisted that “most likely” it is not because Russia knows that if it takes that step “there will be retaliatory measures” and Moscow, he stressed, does not want that. However, if NATO troops enter the territory, “there will be another war,” according to what he said in statements to the state news outlet Belta.

In that case, “the Russian Army will be able to obtain its most dangerous weapons from its warehouses,” said Lukashenko, who has assured that Russian President Vladimir Putin will never use the weapons that are deployed in Belarusian territory without his consent.

This weapon cannot be used without my permission. But if Belarus needs it, it will be used (…) You cannot blackmail the world with the use of nuclear weapons. We are not going to use them if the situation is like now,” he clarified.