Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko revealed that his country has begun receiving Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he noted are three times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945. In an interview with the Russian state channel (Russia-1), Lukashenko stated, "We have missiles and bombs received from Russia." On Tuesday, he emphasized that "the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in our country aims to deter any potential aggressor, and there will be no hesitation in using them if necessary."