U.S. military personnel during a NATO exercise in Poland. File photoMOSCOW, April 3Poland's proposal to deploy US nuclear weapons in the country is a provocation, a desire to get under Washington's nuclear umbrella, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev told RIA Novosti on Sunday. Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defense Affairs Yaroslav Kaczynski said in an interview Welt am Sonntag that Poland is ready to host US nuclear weapons.»Russophobia is mainstream here.» Who comes up with anti-Russian sanctions»As you know, the Americans keep nuclear weapons (about 150 B61 tactical thermonuclear aerial bombs) at six of their military bases in five European countries — (these are) Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Turkey,» the politician said. According to him, the mere fact of deploying this most dangerous type of weapon of mass destruction outside the national territory constitutes a threat to Europe, including Russia. At the same time, «Russia has repeatedly proposed to the United States to agree on the inadmissibility of deploying nuclear weapons outside the national territories, but has not received a response,» he stressed. about the existence of a mega-loyal Poland and, secondly, to get deeper under the American nuclear umbrella,» Kosachev said. This initiative looks especially cynical and hypocritical against the background of NATO's constant concern about the hypothetical possibility of deploying Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus, which was once mentioned said President Alexander Lukashenko in response to such provocative statements by NATO strategists, the senator concluded. NATO countries faced an unexpected problem
