Russia to send Belarus nuclear-capable missiles within months, as G7 leaders gather in Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko met in St Petersburg on Saturday, where they said they had agreed on the delivery of nuclear-capable missiles this year.
Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty Images

Russia will deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin has said as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

“In the coming months, we will transfer to Belarus Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which can use ballistic or cruise missiles, in their conventional and nuclear versions,” Putin said in a broadcast on Russian television at the start of his meeting with Lukashenko in St Petersburg on Saturday.