According to RT radio, at a press conference on January 26, President Alexander Lukashenko said the Oreshik missile will be deployed near Smolensk. This is a Russian city located about 60 km east of the Belarus border. However, Mr. Lukashenko did not rule out the possibility that it could be placed in another position later.
“We will soon have Oreshik, maybe within a few days. We have agreed with President Vladimir Putin that the upcoming system will be transferred to Belarus even earlier than Russia,” he said.
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When required to confirm the milestone of weapons handover, President Lukashenko admitted that there was no exact day. He also explained that the selection of deployment should be based on the specifications of the rocket.
The Belarus leader said at first, the country wanted to receive at least 10 Oreshik missile systems, but the transfer of such scale was very difficult for economic reasons, especially when Russia also needed to deploy. Oreshnik. “A Oreshik is enough to protect Belarus,” Lukashenko added.
Diagram describing the process of launching and dropping the warheads to the target of Oreshiki Rocket
Oreshnik missiles were first used by Russia in the ambush Dnipro city, central Ukraine on November 21, 2024 in response to the Kyiv launching the long -range missile atacms and Storm Shadow provided by the West deep into the territory of Moscow .
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that no Western air defense system could block Oreshik. Ukrainian army commander Oleksandr Syrsky on January 19 also admitted that it did not own the weapon to block this missile.
In another development, Lukashenko won the overwhelming vote in the Presidential Belarus election, according to Reuters. According to the preliminary results broadcast on state television Belarus on January 26, President Lukashenko is gaining significantly with nearly 88% of the votes in the presidential election of this country. The above sign shows that Lukashenko (70 years old) has led Belarus since 1994, likely to win the 7th year President.
President Belarus Alexander Lukashenko voted in the presidential election in Minsk on January 26
Immediately after the preliminary election results, the European Union (EU) rejected the legality of the Belarus election, and threatened to impose new sanctions on this Eastern European country.
