Putin says Oreshnik missiles could be deployed in Belarus in late 2025

December 6, 2024 9:22 AM EST

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands before a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus in Minsk, Belarus December 6, 2024. Sputnik/Grigory Sysoyev/Pool v

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow could deploy its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles system in Belarus in the second half of 2025, Russian state media said.

Putin was responding to a request by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a summit in Minsk. He said Belarus would determine the targets for Oreshniks deployed on its territory.

Russia fired the Oreshnik at a Ukrainian city last month in what Putin described as a first test of the weapon in combat conditions.

(Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)



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