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belarusian leader Alexander LukashenkoA faithful ally Of Russia‘S Vladimir Putinwarned the President donald trump that America is handing over subsonic Tomahawk cruise missiles To ukraine This would mean “nuclear war.”
It is being told that Trump is considering the request of the Ukrainian President. Volodymyr Zelensky For Tomahawks, which have a range of 1,500 miles that will enable Kiev attack deeper into Russian territoryHitting strategic targets such as the aggressor’s enemy infrastructure, military bases and munitions factories.
Zelensky has argued that increasing the weapons available to his country would increase pressure on the Kremlin to agree to a peace deal.
However, Putin warned that such a move would endanger Improvement in US-Russia relations Trump has done this, but still he has failed to end the war that has been going on for more than three years.
Lukashenko naturally sided with Putin at a meeting in Minsk on Tuesday, saying “Tomahawks will not solve the problem. They will escalate the situation to nuclear war.”
“Perhaps Donald Trump understands this better than anyone, because he is in no hurry to hand over this deadly weapon for strikes deep into Russian territory, as President Zelensky is hoping.”
belarus Russia has been hosting strategic nuclear weapons since March 2023, and the two countries held a joint military exercise in September 2024 to practice for them in case they were ever called into service.
Zelensky, who has endured a tumultuous relationship with Trump to be back in Washington on Friday Sanctions on Moscow and fellow superpowers escalated as well as lobbying for missiles China And India To continue buying Russian energy, thereby helping Putin control his aggression.
“At the moment, it is important to signal that Ukraine will be strengthened in every possible way,” Zelensky said at a news conference last week.
“And this is one of the instruments that is important to me – Tomahawks. All such things can strengthen Ukraine and force the Russians to calm down a little and sit down at the negotiating table.”
Trump took a more cautious stance on the subject when speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Israel on Sunday, saying “we’ll see” when asked if he planned to give them to Ukraine, acknowledging that they represent “a new step of aggression” and suggesting he could use the possibility to force Putin to make adjustments.
Lukashenko is often referred to as a relic of soviet union And Europe’s “last dictator” played a key role in the early stages of the war when he negotiated an end to the rebellion. Yevgeny PrigozhinMercenaries of the Wagner Group in June 2023.
That rebellion briefly threatened to overthrow Putin, but his men were ultimately defeated and Prigozhin died untimely in a suspicious plane crash just two months later.
After overseeing last September’s practice exercises, Lukashenko caution America and nato: “We will use nuclear weapons as soon as they attack us.”
If such a scenario ever played out, he warned, it would be considered an attack against its own people even by the Kremlin.
“Thus, Russia will deploy its entire arsenal,” Lukashenko said. “And that means World War III. But the West doesn’t want that either. They’re not ready for that.”
“We have made it clear that our red lines are our national borders. If they cross them, our response will be immediate. We are preparing for it. I am honest and transparent about it.”
The Belarusian strongman, in power since 1994, said in August that he was “not planning” to seek another term, but dismissed speculation that his son Nikolai was being groomed to succeed him.