Thursday, 25 May 2023

Russian defense chief Shoigu sees West waging undeclared war on Russia, Belarus

Russian defense chief Shoigu sees West waging undeclared war on Russia, Belarus

Russian defense chief Shoigu sees West waging undeclared war on Russia, Belarus




Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu
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A Western-led undeclared war is being waged against Moscow and Minsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, Viktor Khrenin, on Thursday.







"Today, we are being confronted by the collective West, which, in effect, is waging an undeclared war on our countries," Shoigu said.


According to him, NATO’s military activities "have been most aggressive of late."


"A number of measures to enhance the combat readiness of the [North Atlantic] Alliance’s Joint Armed Forces in Eastern Europe is currently being implemented. Extra troops and military infrastructure are being deployed there, and combat training and reconnaissance activities have intensified near the border of the (Russia-Belarus) Union State," Shoigu said.



Russia, Belarus Define Procedure for Maintaining Non-Strategic Nuclear Arms - Minsk



Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu have signed documents defining the procedure for maintaining Russia's non-strategic nuclear weapons at a special storage facility on the territory of Belarus, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Shoigu arrived in the Belarusian capital city earlier in the day to partake in a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization at the level of defense ministers.


"During a meeting, [the sides] signed documents defining the procedure for maintaining Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of Belarus," the ministry wrote on Telegram.


The deployment of non-strategic nuclear weapons is a response to the aggressive policy of unfriendly countries, the ministry added.





















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