The Daily Populous Wednesday April 16th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by thetimes.com and submitted by TimesandSundayTimes

The Belarusian and Russian security services are preparing to take “preemptive” measures against Nato member states, the Kremlin’s spy chief has said.

Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, accused Nato of an increase in military activity near the borders of the two countries. Belarus is Russia’s strongest ally in Europe and the Kremlin has used its territory for attacks on Ukraine. Moscow also says it has transferred tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.

“We feel and see that European countries, especially France, Britain and Germany, are increasing the level of escalation around the Ukrainian conflict, so we need to act preemptively. We are ready for this,” Naryshkin said during talks with Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian dictator, in Minsk.

Sergei Naryshkin and Lukashenko in Minsk in 2020 NIKOLAY PETROV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

cheatertorn on April 16th, 2025 at 08:43 UTC »

Let them try and find out, sometimes I wonder where such over confidence comes from.

DetlefKroeze on April 16th, 2025 at 08:34 UTC »

Y'all already shared this article yesterday.

https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/s/2cNlwA8yT8

TimesandSundayTimes on April 16th, 2025 at 08:29 UTC »

The Belarusian and Russian security services are preparing to take “preemptive” measures against Nato member states, the Kremlin’s spy chief has said.

Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, accused Nato of an increase in military activity near the borders of the two countries. Belarus is Russia’s strongest ally in Europe and the Kremlin has used its territory for attacks on Ukraine. Moscow also says it has transferred tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.

“We feel and see that European countries, especially France, Britain and Germany, are increasing the level of escalation around the Ukrainian conflict, so we need to act preemptively. We are ready for this,” Naryshkin said during talks with Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian dictator, in Minsk