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Lukashenko says he could launch Russian nuclear weapons – BBC News
The President of Belarus has suggested that he could use tactical nuclear weapons, which are being deployed in his country by Russia.
Alexander Lukashenko is a close ally of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country served as a launchpad for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Recently President Putin announced that Russian nuclear weapons had been deployed in Belarus. He said they would only be used if the Russian state or its territory was threatened.
Speaking to the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg, the Belarus President Lukashenko insisted that he could launch the weapons if he chose to. He said: “In Ukraine a whole army is fighting with foreign weapons, with NATO weapons. So why can’t I fight with someone else’s?”
Mr Lukashenko also said that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin was in Russia. The Wagner leader hasn’t been seen since he staged a mutiny against Russia’s military leadership.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
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@irkiIIer
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
5 months ago
well well well looks like nothing has happened as always
@laulusb87
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Giving Lukashenko nuclear weapons would be the same as arming isis. This man is mentally insane and doesn’t mind killing everyone on the planet to make a point.
@lapualam
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
these reporters man lol, Russia if you want a new world order warm the waters around north and south pole, use your subs to nuke the ice from below by warming the waters
@D.Frasure
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Well all I can say is when the nuclear weapons start flying Lukashenko and Putin would have started the end of life. I'm already older now and have lived a long life I just feel sorry for all the youngsters that didn't even get a chance at life. we all know it will be the end because it's called:
( MAD)
Under MAD, each side has enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other side. Either side, if attacked for any reason by the other, would retaliate with equal or greater force. The expected result is an immediate, irreversible escalation of hostilities resulting in both combatants' mutual, total, and assured destruction.
@anthonyking9284
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Stupid madman
@Fartgoddess01
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Noo
@user-fh9cp3cd5j
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Russia really believes that using nukes is going to make Ukraine join them . How does that work if everyone is dead ?
@jacksontaekafoa9382
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Try it u fk ashole
@jeffersonmotel24
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
long live lukashenko! long live USSR.
@wck6664
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
i could win the lottery
@jamzjam6703
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Russia a nuclear power because europe gave them rights to be a nuclear power
@user-hi1ke5gp6n
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
и что дальше кроме ядерного оружия есть наркотрафик рынок оружия и брилиантов и нефти и вам они выкопают могилы и вашим детям
@user-wn3cm6jf8e
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
We would have so much satisfaction in replying in kind !!😂
@thelast14Norte14
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Magnetic guns
@joseaugustofigueiredo2796
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
It had to be in the United Kingdom of Northern Thieves!
Syria celebrates return of ancient 4th-century artefact from the UK to its homeland
"The return of the Syrian artifacts was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of the National Museum of Oman, the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Syria and the Russian Hermitage museum"
"This return of a Syrian artifact has a symbolic meaning: the victory of truth over falsehood, of civilization over barbarism"
@afterdark6822
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Keep f'ing around ans find out.
@nikogrujic6807
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Steve go home and tell your people to leave Russia alone , you guys are like a Bunch of wolfs surounding a bear the bear will do anything to survive !!!? Leave Russia alone you idiots or we all go to heven idiots
@kokomanation
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
If he launches he will die too.Mutual assured destruction.
@BIFC216
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Try it if you want to and see what happens
@AB-dy2ll
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Lukashenko,is instead a loud trumpet Zhirinovsky
@DCspace101
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Russia on the brink of a mass rebellion against putin.
@timoconnor1674
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Belarus will be used as a Pawn and as a Russian scapegoat to launch Nukes. Russia wont do it themselves so they can point the finger at an eventual "Rouge State" on the World Stage. Why would they get their hands dirty when they dont need to.
@vinto34
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
If he trimmed down his moustache he would look exactly like another dictator in war history.
@bazza518
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
I’m not sure this guy could launch a book let alone a nuclear weapon.
@PETRUK-BALI
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Deze "man"is nog gekker dan putin,2 loooosers😄