President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that he did not intend to use the tactical nuclear weapons (Tao) available in the country, until the border of the Union State will be crossed. The Belarusian leader said this in an interview for the Vesti Week program on Russia-1 TV channel, a fragment of which was published by BelTA.
Answering the question of the readiness to press the Red button Lukashenko said that these “red buttons” were already hung around.
“Regarding nuclear weapons: Listen,” Red buttons “have already been hidden around. The” red buttons “have already been attached to Russia around the perimeter of Belarus and Russia. It remains only to press the” most red “. Therefore, probably, we are with ( President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, making such decisions, so even somehow it is inconvenient to talk about it, ”said Lukashenko.
“Secondly, when tactical nuclear weapons appeared here, I (opponents abroad) directly said (although they say there: bad, will use weapons):” We are not going to use any weapons until you step on Our state border. She is the border of our Union State, ”said the Belarusian leader.
Lukashenko recalled that Russia, according to existing agreements, will introduce its units into the country in the case of aggression against Belarus to provide military support.