Zelenskyi reproached the West for “Oreshnik” in Belarus, the locations of which are known to Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyi, photo: Getty images

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine knows where the Oreshnik missile complex will be located on the territory of Belarus, hinted that there is an understanding of how to counter this type of weapon, and at the same time reprimanded Western partners for not imposing sanctions against companies that supply components for the Oreshnik.

Source: Zelenskyy at a joint press conference with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in Warsaw on Friday

Zelensky’s direct speech: “The transfer of Oreshnik to the territory of Belarus is being completed. We understand where it will be, where it will be placed. We will pass the information on to our partners. I think that the partners themselves can assess this threat and understand how to react to it.”

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Details: According to the president, Ukraine warned its European and American partners about the placement of the Oreshnik in Belarus. “We showed the distance at which Oreshnik will act. This is a threat to many European countries, including Poland, Germany, and other countries,” Zelenskyy said.

He reminded that Russia has already used “Oreshnik” in Ukraine and that you can’t shoot it down with drones, but “we understand how to deal with it.”

At the same time, Zelensky said that Ukraine asked Western partners to introduce sanctions against companies that supply components for Oreshnik and without which Russia cannot develop Oreshnik production.

“I have not seen these imposed sanctions, to be honest. For now, we believe that Russia will continue to produce Oreshnik. Thank God, it is still unable to produce a lot of it, despite (whatever) objections it makes,” the president said.

He added that if Western partners, including the United States, make “a lot of diplomatic efforts to end the war, can our partners put pressure on Russia in the same way so that it does not place Oreshnik closer to Europe’s borders with Poland.”

We will remind: Before this pself-proclaimed president Oleksandr Lukashenko announced that the Oreshnik missile complex was delivered to Belarus from Russia on Wednesday.

Prehistory:

• On December 17, the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, announced that the Oreshnik missile complex will be put on combat duty until the end of 2025.
• On October 31, it became known that on the night of July 8-9, 2024, at the Kapustin Yar training ground, the forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Foreign Intelligence Service destroyed one of three Russian ballistic missiles medium range “Oreshnik”.
• According to the Air Force, during the missile attack on the city of Dnipro on November 21, 2024, the Russian Federation used an intercontinental ballistic missile. “UP” sources reported that it could be rocket “Rubezh”which is a potential carrier of a nuclear charge.
• In an address on November 21, the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, said that during the morning attack on the Dnipro, the Russians used Oreshnik medium-range missile.
• The United States officially confirmedthat Russia hit the Dnipro on the morning of November 21 with a ballistic missile that was based on the RS-26 “Rubezh” intercontinental ballistic missile.
• On November 22, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense announced that on November 21, the aggressor state Russia struck the territory of Ukraine, using a ballistic missile, probably from the warehouse missile complex “Kedr”.
• On November 28, Putin announced the alleged start of serial production of the Oreshnik system. The leader of the Kremlin said that he could use the Oreshnik missile against “decision-making centers in Kyiv.”

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