Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko approved plans to put the Oreshnik missile system on combat alert in December.
The Oreshnik is a terrifying weapon. It will be deployed in December. Why? I want them (our external adversaries) to understand that we can deploy it if the situation deteriorates. We’ll sit down with Putin, make a decision, and deploy it. So don’t pick a fight. After all, that’s how the war in Ukraine began. In Donbas, Russian speakers were persecuted, killed, and oppressed. I saw it,” Lukashenko said.
He recalled that peace agreements were once signed in Minsk, but the opponents decided to resort to deception, which led to the current situation.
“It turns out they didn’t agree.” “It turns out they came to Minsk to deceive Russia and us. They deceived us. And they profited. Two million people have already died, and Ukrainians are crippled. Why are you picking on them? They were living well. And the Poles, and the Lithuanians, and so on,” he said.