They would have received instructions on how to maintain the systems, but also how to use them. The Iskander missile systems can be used with small warheads. According to the ministry, the exercises went “excellent”.
Last month, the Kremlin announced that it plans to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. President Vladimir Putin then said that would happen once the warehouse is ready on July 1. Belarus will not gain control of the weapons. The West regards this nuclear cooperation as a dangerous escalation. Moscow and Minsk, on the other hand, point to the United States, which has also stored nuclear weapons in other countries, including the Netherlands, although this has not been officially confirmed.