The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the issue of the use of nuclear weapons in the security agreement between Russia and Belarus; Romania was repeatedly violated by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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| Russian Foreign Ministry. (Source: TASS) |
According to Sputniknews on October 19, Mr. Aleksey Polishchuk, Head of the Department of the Second Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that the security agreement between Russia and Belarus confirms the readiness of the two countries to use all measures to respond to external aggression, including nuclear weapons in special cases.
"The agreement will confirm the readiness of Russia and Belarus to use all available forces and means in their arsenals to respond to external aggression. Including the use of nuclear weapons in exceptional cases, as the President of Russia (Vladimir Putin) announced on September 25 this year," Polishchuk stressed.
On September 25, President Putin stated that Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression, even if the enemy poses a serious threat to Russia with conventional weapons. Russia may consider using nuclear weapons as soon as it receives reliable data on the launch of a mass of aerospace attack means, including missiles and drones, and they cross the Russian state border.
In addition, Polishchuk said that the future Russia-Belarus security treaty will protect the Union State from threats from NATO and Kiev. "The Russia-Belarus security treaty is aimed at strengthening the mutual allied obligations of our two countries to ensure reliable defense and security of the Union State in the context of increasing threats from NATO countries and the Kiev authorities," the Russian official said.
According to Reuters , on October 19, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said that the country's radar system detected a second UAV after several days of violating national airspace, which jet fighters had been flying all night but could not find.
According to the Ministry, late on October 17, the Romanian military radar detected a small flying object, possibly a UAV, heading towards Constanta before losing the signal. Romania had to mobilize four fighter jets but still did not detect this flying object.
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu later said the country's Defense Ministry was "analyzing the possibility of a cyber challenge because the pilots did not have visual contact with the UAV."
On the evening of October 18, another UAV was detected 19 km from the mainland, also in Constanta County in southeastern Romania. The country has once again launched a search for two Spanish F-16 and two F-18 fighter jets that are carrying out air policing missions in Romania from now until the end of 2024. However, the pilots did not see the UAV.
Residents in Constanta have been warned to take shelter.
Romania, a member of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that shares a 650-km border with Ukraine, has been repeatedly hit by UAV debris over the past year as Russia has attacked Ukraine's port infrastructure.
While most of the debris fell in Romania after being destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses, concerns about escalation were raised in September when both Romania and Latvia were hit by Russian drones. By the end of September, Russian drones had again violated Romanian airspace.
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