Peskov: The West is “hysterically reacting” to Russia’s plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus

The West is “reacting hysterically” to Russia’s intention to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He said this on the air in the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on “Russia-1”. At the same time, as the press secretary of the head of state noted, the West does not remember the US nuclear weapons in Europe.

Earlier, Putin said that Russia would deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, but control over them would remain with the Russian Federation. Negotiations between Russian and Belarusian presidents passed 5 and 6 April.

“The collective West is not inclined to somehow recall the topic of American nuclear weapons, which are based here in Europe, around our country,” Peskov said. “But in this case, they are prone to such a hysterical reaction to our plans to build storage facilities for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus.”

According to him, the discussion of the topic of nuclear weapons by Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the talks in Moscow is “a very important topic.” “We see a very unrestrained reaction from the collective West to the announcements made by President Putin,” Peskov said.