The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine,

Andrei Chernyak

, said that Ukrainian intelligence officers, together with their partners from other countries, monitor the situation on the territory of Belarus and Russia in connection with the possible movement of nuclear weapons.

"We are monitoring the situation on the territory of Belarus, in particular, where the Russian units are located.

We monitor the situation inside Russia as well.

This is a priority not only of the Ukrainian special services, but also of the international community.

Total control.

So far, we see an information campaign at the level of statements and words, no more," Andrei Chernyak said on the air of the all-Ukrainian telethon #UAРазом.

The representative of Ukrainian intelligence is convinced that the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus are "another blackmail of the occupiers."

According to the Flightradar portal, since Monday, March 27, at least four planes have been observed along the borders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

On March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel that the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons will be completed in Belarus on July 1.

According to him, Alexander Lukashenko has long been asking him to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

In addition, Moscow has already transferred to Minsk the Iskander missile complex, which can use this weapon.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demanded an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with Putin's statement about the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus.

The USA promised to hold Russia accountable for its plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus.

Plans for deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus.

The main thing

On March 25, Russian President

Vladimir Putin

announced on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel that the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons will be completed in Belarus on July 1.

According to him, Alexander Lukashenko has long been asking him to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

In addition, Moscow has already transferred to Minsk the Iskander missile complex, which can use this weapon, and that ten Belarusian planes have allegedly already been converted to carry such weapons.

The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine ,

Oleksiy Danilov

, said that the deployment of nuclear weapons is a step towards "the internal destabilization of the country and maximally increases the level of negative perception and general rejection of Russia and Putin in Belarusian society."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demanded an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with Putin's statement about the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus.

What are tactical nuclear weapons and can they be deployed in Belarus?

Questions and answers

After Putin's statement, the Pentagon noted that they had not yet seen any signs of nuclear weapons being moved to the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

Some military experts also noted that nothing is actually ready for deployment of such weapons in Belarus.

Other researchers say that nuclear weapons will still appear, and this will entail the establishment of permanent Russian military bases on Belarusian territory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus announced on March 28 that the decision to deploy nuclear weapons on the country's territory was approved in response to "unprecedented political, economic and informational pressure from the United States, Great Britain and their NATO allies, as well as the European Union states."

Propagandists in the state media positively assessed Russia's intentions to transfer tactical nuclear weapons to the territory of Belarus and began to threaten Western states with strikes.

As of March 28, Lukashenko himself has not commented on Putin's words about the intention to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus.

The European Union and Poland have announced that they are going to impose tougher sanctions against Minsk in case of deployment of tactical nuclear weapons.

China called to prevent further confrontation between nuclear powers.

By the way, in the joint statement adopted as a result of the recent meeting between the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, there is a point:

"All nuclear states must not deploy nuclear weapons outside their national territories and must withdraw all nuclear weapons deployed abroad."

In an interview with Svaboda, the representative of the United Transitional Cabinet for Defense and National Security, Valer Sahashchyk, admitted that the intentions of the Russians could activate the partisan movement in Belarus.