Belarus’ unhinged dictator Alexander Lukashenko has admitted he is “crazy” and has no “red lines” as he threatens the West with nuclear weapons given to him by Vladimir Putin.
His tirade came as Russian and Belarusian forces conducted tactical nuclear weapons exercises, claiming the West is threatening them.
“We are closer than ever to a nuclear catastrophe,” said Lukashenko, 69, who maintained his grip on power after rigging the presidential election and brutally suppressing protests in 2020.
“We have no intention of attacking anyone. But everyone must understand that we will strike back.
“And all their talk: ‘Ah…Putin is putting pressure on Lukashenko.’ And then about me: ‘He’s crazy, he doesn’t have one [red] lines”.
‘They are absolutely right when they say that. I’m far from stupid, but I’m not [red] lines.’
Belarus conducts core exercises
Russian and Belarusian forces are conducting tactical nuclear weapons exercises, claiming the West is threatening them
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko take part in a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Victory Day, marking the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in the center of Moscow, Russia. May 9, 2024
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Photos and footage show Lukashenko’s forces were involved in tactical nuclear weapons tests in Belarus, which also involved land-fired Iskander missiles and air warheads fired from Su-25 aircraft.
Putin delivered nuclear weapons to Belarus last year, with Lukashenko being the Russian president’s closest ally.
The pair met this week in Moscow during ongoing exercises, where a wandering Lukashenko told reporters: “Nuclear weapons are terrible weapons.
“You’ve probably noticed that we and the Russian leadership often emphasize – not strategic.
‘God forbid we pick up this button again.
Current tactical weapons “are many times more powerful than in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” Lukashenko said.
‘One explosion will kill thousands and thousands of people. It’s a terrible weapon. And in order to use such weapons, you have to train, you have to know how to do it.
‘This is our third training. The Russians have done more than that. But why did we do it publicly? You see what the situation is.
‘There is an escalation of tension, which mainly comes from Ukraine. But the escalation is not only happening in Ukraine: the Middle East is already on fire, Iran is close, further away, in the Pacific – against China.
‘I’ve already said: we are closer than ever to a nuclear catastrophe. What should we do in this situation?
‘We have to learn to shoot a machine gun. And keep the powder dry, including this deadly weapon.
‘For us and Russia it is solely a deterrent weapon. We don’t want anything that’s foreign to us, and Russia doesn’t want anything that’s foreign to them.”
Current tactical weapons “are many times more powerful than in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” Lukashenko said.
Masked Belarusian soldiers man a rocket launcher
Putin and Lukashenko met in Moscow this week during ongoing exercises, where the Belarusian president made shocking comments to journalists
FILE – In this photo released by the Russian Ministry of Defense press service on April 20, 2022, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia
The deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said this week that Kiev’s use of Western missiles to attack Russian territory – or the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine – will be seen as a direct participation of Western countries in the war ‘to which we will have to respond’.
“In this case, none of them will be able to hide on Capitol Hill, nor in the Elysee Palace, nor in 10 Downing Street.
‘There will be a world catastrophe.
‘Besides, Kennedy and Khrushchev could understand this more than sixty years ago.
“But the current infantile idiots who have seized power in the West do not want to understand it,” he said.