The Embassy criticized the US reaction to the transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus

Moscow and Minsk, in the conditions of a hybrid war unleashed against them by the United States, have the right to ensure their security, including in the military-nuclear sphere, should from the commentary of the Russian embassy in Washington.

Thus, the diplomats responded to the statement of US President Joe Biden, who expressed negative attitude towards the transfer of Russian nuclear weapons to the territory of Belarus.

As noted in the commentary, the measures taken are fully consistent with international legal obligations. The embassy said in a statement that it is about the sovereign right of the two countries to ensure their security in the ways that they consider “necessary in the conditions of the large-scale hybrid war unleashed by Washington against us.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. To do this, built a repository. On May 25, the defense ministers of the two countries signed documents defining the procedure for keeping Russian nuclear weapons on the territory of the republic. On the same day, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced that “the transfer of nuclear weapons” to the territory of his country has begun.

In the European Union considered the deployment of nuclear weapons is an irresponsible escalation, and the NATO leadership assured that it was monitoring the situation.