Belarus 'will not hesitate' to use nuclear weapons — Lukashenko

Minsk will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday.

"I believe it is unlikely that anyone would want to wage war against a country that has such weapons. It is a weapon of deterrence," Lukashenko said, according to BelTA. "God forbid if I have to make a decision to use this weapon in modern times. But I won’t hesitate should there be an aggression against us."