Russia's Oreshnik missile should have minimal distance to targets, Lukashenko says

He said this during a trip to Borisov on December 10, BelTA reports.

‘All this has been considered today. We are now thinking about where and on what sites to deploy these weapons. We have saved sites from deploying strategic nuclear missiles,’ Lukashenko said.

According to him, the self-proclaimed authorities are planning to deploy the Oreshnik closer to the targets.

‘We have about three dozen such sites. We will choose one, because there should be a minimum distance to the targets. We will place and aim them. You probably noticed that I had one condition (to Russian leader Vladimir - ed.) Putin: ‘We in Belarus will determine the targets, not the Russians. But you will help to operate them’. That is, we will press the button together, God forbid, if it is necessary. But we will set the targets,’ Lukashenko added.

• Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that on November 21, Russia tested a medium-range ballistic missile Oreshnik during an attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. He added that Moscow would ‘respond to the escalation’.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had taken the second step towards escalation with the use of a new ballistic missile, calling the first the involvement of the DPRK military.
• The Security Service of Ukraine presented unique evidence of another Russian aggression by showing the world media the wreckage of the Oreshnik ballistic missile fired by Russia at Dnipro
• On November 28, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that decision-making centers in Kyiv could be targeted by a new Oreshnik missile, which Russia used to attack Dnipro on November 21.
• On December 6, Putin suggested that the Oreshnik could be deployed in Belarus.