Lukashenko called the “maximum” of Oreshnik complexes that can appear in Belarus

ALEKSANDR LUKASHENKO, PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

The self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, said that Belarus could receive “a maximum of a dozen” Oreshnik missile systems from Russia.

Source: the Belarusian state agency Belta with reference to Lukashenka’s words

Details: On December 22, after an informal meeting of the heads of states participating in the CIS, a journalist asked Lukashenka whether “a dozen” Oreshnik complexes were really handed over to Belarus, as it was allegedly discussed earlier with the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin.

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“Ten will be the maximum,” Lukashenko replied.

“Belt” recalled that a year ago, when asked about plans to supply Oreshnik, Lukashenko said: “I think there are ten so far, and then we’ll see.” Subsequently, in January of this year, he stated that he was “joking” about “10 complexes” and that “one complex is enough” to “secure Belarus.”

Prehistory:

• On December 18, self-proclaimed president Oleksandr Lukashenko announced that the Oreshnik missile complex was delivered to Belarus from Russia on Wednesday.
• 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 range, the forces of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Foreign Intelligence Service destroyed one of three Russian Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missiles.
• 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 a “Rubezh” missile, 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 an Oreshnik medium-range missile.
• The United States officially confirmed that Russia struck 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 Kedr missile complex.
• 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.”

We will remind:

• In December 2024, Lukashenko said that there are at least three dozen sites in Belarus where the Russian Oreshnik missile system can be placed, and now a place with the minimum distance to the targets is being chosen.
• Before that, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, appealed to the Russian ruler, Vladimir Putin, with a request to place the Russian so-called “Oreshnik” system on the territory of the country.

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