DISINFO: Belarus deployed Russian nuclear weapons because of Western aggression
SUMMARY
All the Belarusian actions in the sphere of international security, including the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons and the suspension of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces with Poland and Czechia are forced responses to Western aggression. The Western sanctions hitting 70% of the country’s exports, the closed border crossings, and cut air and rail connections – Belarus perceives this situation as nothing but aggression.
RESPONSE
The article gives a false pretext for the stationing of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus in the context of nuclear fearmongering. The aggressive West disinformation claim is frequently promoted in pro-Kremlin media – it is part of the recurring disinformation narrative accusing the West of anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian policies and the West’s allegedly belligerent and hostile agenda towards them.
Reacting to the possible deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus announced by Russia, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, HRVP Josep Borrell wrote on Twitter:
“Belarus hosting Russian nuclear weapons would mean an irresponsible escalation & threat to European security. Belarus can still stop it, it is their choice. The EU stands ready to respond with further sanctions”.
Read earlier disinformation cases alleging that nuclear weapons in Belarus are justified because of territorial claims of Poland and the Baltic states, that the West’s hybrid war against Russia forced it to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, and that the EU might start a war against Belarus and Transnistria.