Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that Russia will provide nuclear weapons to any countries that join the Union State of Russia and Belarus.
Source: Lukashenko in an interview with Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin
Quote from Lukashenko: "If anyone is worried… I don't think Kassym Tokayev [Kazakhstan's president – ed.] is worried about this, but if something suddenly happens, then no one minds Kazakhstan and other countries having the same close relations that we have with the Russian Federation.
It's very simple. [Countries – ed.] should join the union of Belarus with Russia, that's all: there will be nuclear weapons for everyone."
Details: According to Lukashenko, these countries have a "unique chance to unite".
For reference: Zarubin posted the video on 28 May, although it was evidently filmed during the Eurasian Economic Council meeting held in Moscow on 25 May.
Background: Valery Tsepkalo, Belarusian opposition leader, said that after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow in critical condition.
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Interesting-Dream863 on May 28th, 2023 at 13:44 UTC »
Riiiiight... Putin is going to give governments HIS nukes.
Might sustain regimes with nukes in exchange of submission, but that doesn't sound so great.
OldBoots on May 28th, 2023 at 13:40 UTC »
When all they have to offer is weapons of mass destruction, you know that the world has a problem that has to be stopped.
kushcrop on May 28th, 2023 at 13:30 UTC »
Bully on playground gives YOU his lunch money to hang out with him.