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US Takes Putin's Remarks on Nuclear Missiles in Belarus 'Seriously' - Pentagon Official
US Takes Putin's Remarks on Nuclear Missiles in Belarus 'Seriously' - Pentagon Official
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has always taken "seriously" Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons and considers it irresponsible for Russian... 27.06.2022, Sputnik International
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"It seems pretty irresponsible of a national leader to talk about the employment of nuclear weapons and to do so in a generally cavalier fashion," the official said during a press briefing. "In terms of my concerns… the way that that statement read from Putin was ‘hey, we're gonna give them [Belarus] Iskanders, you know, and, oh, by the way, they can hold nuclear weapons.’"The United States is certainly taking the statement seriously and has taken the threat seriously from the very beginning, the official said.The US strategic forces are always monitoring the situation regarding potential nuclear threats, the official added.On Saturday, Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that Russia is ready to modernize Belarus's fleet of Su-25 attack aircraft and would supply the country with Iskander-M nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems over the next several months.
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US Takes Putin's Remarks on Nuclear Missiles in Belarus 'Seriously' - Pentagon Official
16:09 GMT 27.06.2022 (Updated: 12:44 GMT 13.04.2023) WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has always taken "seriously" Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons and considers it irresponsible for Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about deploying nuclear missiles in Belarus, a senior US Defense Department official said on Monday.
"It seems pretty irresponsible of a national leader to talk about the employment of nuclear weapons and to do so in a generally cavalier fashion," the official said during a press briefing. "In terms of my concerns… the way that that statement read from Putin was ‘hey, we're gonna give them [Belarus] Iskanders, you know, and, oh, by the way, they can hold nuclear weapons.’"
The United States is certainly taking the statement seriously and has taken the threat seriously from the very beginning, the official said.
The US strategic forces are always monitoring the situation regarding potential nuclear threats, the official added.
On Saturday, Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that Russia is ready to modernize Belarus's fleet of Su-25 attack aircraft and would supply the country with Iskander-M nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems over the next several months.
