Organization calls Russian president “irresponsible” Ukraine demands “effective measures” from the UN
NATO spokeswoman (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Oana Lungescu, considered the Russian “nuclear rhetoric” in a statement published this Sunday (03/26/2023) as “dangerous and irresponsible”. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (March 25). will station nuclear weapons in Belarusa former Soviet republic bordering Russia and Ukraine.
Putin’s speech was seen as a warning to the NATO countries that support Ukraine militarily. Lungescu said the organization was “vigilant” and closely monitoring the situation, committed to “protecting and defending all of its allies.” The statement was published on his profile chirp.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry issued an official statement on Putin’s announcement, which called for UN countries to take “effective measures to curb nuclear blackmail,” particularly the UK, China, France and the United States the four have one permanent seat on the UN Security Council, alongside the Russians.
“Russia’s nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and irresponsible. NATO is vigilant and we are closely monitoring the situation. We have seen no changes in Russia’s nuclear stance that would cause us to adjust ours. We are committed to protecting and defending all NATO allies,” the spokeswoman said in the statement.
“Russia’s reference to NATO’s nuclear sharing is completely misleading. NATO allies act in full respect of their international obligations. Russia consistently suspends its participation in the first new contract. Russia must again comply and act in good faith.”
Putin compared the decision to use nuclear weapons to actions taken by the United States. “There is nothing new here: the US has been doing this for decades. They have stationed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies for a long time,” he said in a statement on Russian state television. According to the President, a camp should be completed by July 1st.
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Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year. Part of the troops from Moscow entered the country under attack by Belarus, which also borders NATO members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia and Russia itself.
So far, Belarusian troops have not officially fought in Ukraine, despite the close military ties between the allies.
As early as June 2022, during a visit to Minsk, Putin informed his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that he would supply missile systems for transporting nuclear weapons to the country.