"Russia, in line with its allied obligations, which were enshrined in the Security Concept of the Union State and the bilateral interstate Agreement on Security Guarantees in 2024, is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary assistance and take steps in order to protect the common defense space," he said in an interview with TASS.
Polishchuk stressed that in this context and, in accordance with the agreement of the both countries’ presidents, "Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles will be also be deployed in Belarus."
In late January, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that the Russian Oreshnik hypersonic system would be deployed in the country "any day now." According to the president of Belarus, it can be located on the territory of the country closer to the city of Smolensk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 21 that the United States and its NATO allies had earlier announced that they would authorize Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons to hit inside Russia, after which American and British missiles struck Russian military facilities in the Kursk and Bryansk regions.
Putin said that Russia responded to those attacks by firing Russia's newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at a Ukrainian defense industry facility, the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk). The Russian leader emphasized that the West's provocative policies could have dire consequences if they further escalate the conflict.
In turn, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said after the meeting of the Union State Supreme State Council in Minsk on December 6 that he had asked Putin to deploy Oreshnik missiles on the territory of the country. The Russian president said that the delivery of the missiles could be implemented in the second half of 2025. Later, Lukashenko said that Belarus has about 30 sites for the possible deployment of Oreshnik missiles.
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