A considerable part of the Russian nuclear weapons, which are supposed to be deployed in Belarus, is already in the country's territory. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement during the ceremony held on 27 June to present shoulder boards to high-ranking officers as he talked about details of his negotiations with the head of the Russian private military company Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin on 24 June, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I asked for excerpts from mass media. Poles and other ones believe that Wagner Company will guard the nuclear weapons and so on. PMC Wagner is not going to guard any nuclear weapons. The weapons will have their guard and they already have their guard today since part of the nuclear weapons (I am not going to say how many), the larger part has already been moved to Belarus. It is surprising that they have failed to spot it. Russians and Belarusians guard them.”

The head of state added: “We are working together. We don't have such experience. Russians provide maintenance. We help with the maintenance of these nuclear weapons. It turns out it is not a simple thing to do.”

He stressed that claims concerning PMC Wagner are a regular leak: “No private military company is going to guard nuclear weapons. It is our job. And I am personally responsible for the security of the weapons. This is why we will never allow it. We have enough guys capable of guarding this facility together with Russians.”

Written by belta.by