Sanctions against Russia should be imposed preventively, not ex post facto. This was announced on Monday, December 20, by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Someone said, Belarus or Russia, that nuclear weapons could be (deployed. – Ed.). Well, okay, I think the reaction will be as follows, if weapons are deployed in Belarus, then we will introduce very powerful sanctions, ”he said during a joint briefing with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Zelensky noted that he considers it necessary to introduce “powerful preventive measures” so that no country has any thoughts of escalation.
On December 18, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei announced that the country was ready to deploy nuclear weapons in the face of a NATO threat. Thus, Makei commented on the statement of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who on December 2 announced the possibility of placing nuclear weapons in Belarus if NATO takes a similar step in Poland.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that “a variety of options are possible” in a situation where other countries are stationing weapons at Russian borders.
Earlier in the Western media, articles about an allegedly possible Russian invasion appeared several times. So, on November 19, The New York Times reported that the US administration had warned the allies about the alleged plans of the Russian Federation to attack the territory of Ukraine and called for new anti-Russian measures to be prepared.
On November 21, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stressed that the West is artificially whipping up hysteria with its statements about the alleged preparation of Russia for an attack on Ukraine. According to him, provocations are not ruled out, and the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance should stop “pumping up Ukraine with modern weapons.”
Source: IZ
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