# Russian Use of Nuclear Weapons and Response rgd Ukraine

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-use-of-nuclear-weapons-and-response-rgd-ukraine/972339 "2022-09-27T20:40:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-use-of-nuclear-weapons-and-response-rgd-ukraine/972339/412 "2023-05-29T04:39:11Z")

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Since it was [risking a disruption of the breaking news thread for Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/4197), I’ll pop this up here:

[https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/europe/lukashenko-nuclear-weapons-belarus-russia-intl-hnk/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/europe/lukashenko-nuclear-weapons-belarus-russia-intl-hnk/index.html)

> During the interview, Lukashenko said, “no one minds Kazakhstan and other countries having the same close relations that we have with the Russian Federation.”
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> “It’s very simple,” he added. “Join the Union State of Belarus and Russia. That’s all: there will be nuclear weapons for everyone.”

Now, we’ve actually TALKED about this upthread, semi-jokingly, about offering a small number of nuclear weapons to our various non-nuclear allies, possibly including Ukraine. And I still think it’s a bad idea. But if Russia/Putin _does_ move ahead on nuclear proliferation, the principles of MAD do lend itself to a similar situation where I could see the US gifting a small number of tactical weapons (almost certainly with a degree of technical security for arming of such) to it’s allies.

I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if the Ukraine hadn’t already asked for an equivalent ‘gift’ from NATO, and… well, yeah, I need a drink now. Granted, I don’t _trust_ Lukashenko’s confirmation that he’s received the weapons, but if India and China don’t condemn this in the strongest manner in concrete terms, then I figure proliferation will be the de facto effect.

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