Lukashenko says his dream of having Russian Iskander systems in Belarus has come true

On Thursday 21 May, self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko visited a missile brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces in the Asipovichy district, where he praised the Russian Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems he said he had once "dreamed of".

Source: Belarusian state news agency BelTA; pro-government Telegram channel Pul Pervogo; Ministry of Defence of Belarus

Quote from Lukashenko: "I once dreamed of this vehicle [the Russian Iskander system – ed.]. But nowadays we have more than one. And you know better than I do that these are good weapons."

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Details: Earlier, the Belarusian Defence Ministry announced that exercises involving units responsible for the combat use of nuclear weapons had begun in the country on 18 May in cooperation with Russian forces.