As conflict escalates, Russia deploys nuclear-capable aircraft near Norwegian border

In full escalation of tension between Moscow Y Kyiv, satellite images of a Russian airbase near the Norwegian border set off all alarms. New aerial arsenal with long-range nuclear capability can be seen in photos taken from space last week, according to a Norwegian media.

According to the Faktisk site. These are 11 long-range strategic aircraft that have “the ability to attack targets in the United States and all of Europe with nuclear bombs.”

According to the local media, the images were taken on October 7 by the American satellite operator Planet. In the photos, seven Tu-160 Blackjack and four Tu-95 Bear-H planes can be seen parked at the Russian airbase, located less than 20 miles from the Norwegian border.

Also, Factisk. He clarified that two days later another photo was known in which a Tu-160 plane “ready to take off” could be seen on the runway.

According to reports, the bomber developed during the Cold War can travel at 2,200 kilometers per hour and reach “more than twice the speed of sound.”

The dissemination of these images occurs in the midst of Western concern about the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin may resort to nuclear weapons since a series of defeats of his forces in Ukraine tipped the scales of the war in favor of kyiv. .

Last week, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky also warned of this possibility in an interview with the BBC. The president maintained that Russia had begun to “prepare its society” for the possible use of nuclear weapons, although he clarified that he did not think it was ready to use them.

Lukashenko’s warning

Meanwhile, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, warned this Friday that Russia has nuclear weapons for a reason, so crossing the “red lines” established by Russian President Vladimir Putin or cornering Moscow would be a mistake.

“If you corner a person or a country, there is only one way out: move on,” said the Belarusian president in an interview with the US network NBC from Kazakhstan, where he is attending the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Astana .

“The most important thing is not to corner your interlocutor and even your opponent. So you must not cross those lines, those red lines, as the Russians say. You cannot cross them,” warned the president.

“As for nuclear weapons, any weapon is a weapon created for something,” Lukashenko noted. “Russia has clearly stated its position: God forbid there will be an attack on the territory of the Russian Federation; in that case, Russia can use all kinds of weapons if necessary”, he concluded about it.

With information from Reuters and AFP

Source: Elcomercio

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