“We will have set up serial production” and “at the same time, we will begin to deploy them on the territory of Belarus,” said the Russian president under the auspices of the presidential palace in Minsk, according to a broadcast on Russian television.
The Russian head of state has boasted in recent days about the characteristics of his experimental Orechnik intermediate-range missile, a weapon that can carry a nuclear charge and strike thousands of kilometers away.
The Russian army used the missile for the first time on November 21 against a Ukrainian city, with Mr. Putin presenting the attack as a response to recent Ukrainian strikes against Russian soil using American and British missiles, while threatening to directly strike the countries that arm kyiv.
The master of the Kremlin also threatened to hit “decision-making centers” in kyiv with his powerful Orechnik missile.
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Concerning a possible deployment in Belarus of this weapon, “a certain number of technical questions must be resolved by specialists, in particular the determination of the minimum range, taking into account the priorities linked to security” of the country, he said. detailed Friday.
During a review of Russian nuclear doctrine at the end of September, Vladimir Putin assured that the Russian army would protect Belarus with its nuclear weapons “in the event of aggression”.
During the summer of 2023, Russia deployed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, its closest ally, which borders three NATO member countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Poland), as well as Ukraine.
