Even Putin was stunned: Lukashenko reveals plans for Oreshnik missiles
27 December 2024 07:26
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that he is ready to deploy at least a dozen Russian Oreshnik complexes in the country. He told this to Russian propagandist Alexander Yunashev, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Lukashenko said that this number would be obtained at the first stage.
“I think it’s a dozen for now, and then we’ll see. If the Russians want to deploy more, we will deploy more,” Lukashenko said.
Lukashenka repeated his words about the number of Oreshniks he wanted to deploy to Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin, who approached him.
In response, Putin threw up his hands in surprise and said: “Where are you going for ten?”
Lukashenka laughed and replied that it was “with a reserve.”
As a reminder, Russia first used this weapon during a missile attack on Dnipro on November 21. A few hours later, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared on television and boasted about the new hypersonic missile. He warned the West that its next use could be against Ukraine’s NATO allies, who have allowed Kyiv to use their longer-range missiles to strike Russian territory.
The attack came two days after Putin signed a revised version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine that lowered the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. The doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Moscow even to a conventional attack on Russia by any country that enjoys the support of a nuclear power.
