(CNN)Russia will transfer its nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile system to its ally Belarus in the coming months. , Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Saturday.
According to Kremlin, President Putin told Belarus President Alexander Lukaschenko at a conference in St. Petersburg that the missile system "can use both ballistic and cruise missiles, both conventional and nuclear." ".
Ukraine claimed on Saturday that Russian troops had launched multiple missiles in the Kieu, Chernihiv and Smy regions of Belarus.
In the record of the meeting, Lukaschenko claimed to Putin that he was "training to carry a nuclear warhead" near the Belarusian border, a flight by US and NATO planes. Expressed "stress".
He considers Putin a "mirror-like reaction" to flight or transforms a Russian fighter currently deployed in Belarus to "carry a nuclear warhead." I asked you to do it.
Putin does not have to adapt to US flight, "suggesting that Belarus could modify its own Su-25 aircraft to be nuclear-capable instead.
"This modernization should be carried out at a Russian aircraft factory, but I agree with you on how to do this, so we will begin training flight crews," Putin said. ..
What is Iskander-M? The
Iskander-M is a Russian-made short-range ballistic missile system that, according to Janes Defense, can carry conventional or nuclear warheads with a maximum range of 500 km (310 miles).
Weapons use both optical and inertial guidance systems to attack targets and attack targets with various warheads such as cluster munitions, vacuum bombs, bunker busters, and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) warheads. .. Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance.
According to the Alliance, Iskander-M was first used during the 2008 Russian-Georgian conflict that Russian troops used to attack Gori's targets.
CNN has contacted the Pentagon for comment on Lukaschenko's allegations.
G7 and NATO summit
The meeting between Russia and Belarus influential people is a week-long summit in Europe where the fierce war in Ukraine begins It was done before. 5th month-Become the front desk and center.
Japan, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the European Union, and the host country Germany will meet for a group of seven on Monday.
In a Saturday night speech, Zelensky said "the sanctions package against Russia is not enough" and asked Western partners to provide more "armed assistance" to Ukraine.
"The air defense system (the latest system that our partners have) should be in Ukraine, which is currently in need, not in training areas or storage facilities," he said.
Severodonetsk collapse
Local military officials said Friday that the last army of Severodonetsk was ordered to leave because it was impossible to keep their position. It effectively handed over the city to Russia and put the eastern part of Ukraine in Luhansk almost completely under Russian control.
On Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense said its troops now control the entire left bank of the Siverskyi Donets, the eastern side of the river, and all borders of the People's Republic of Luhansk.
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the Russian army "completely liberated the cities of Severodonetsk and Bolibsk, the settlements of Boronove and Sirotine in the People's Republic of Luhansk."
