SpaceWar.com reports: “Belarus said Wednesday it will practice deployment of Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles during the joint Zapad-2025 (‘West-2025’) drills close to the EU and NATO’s eastern flank border.
Belarus, a former Soviet republic, is a key Russian ally and depends on the large eastern neighbour economically and militarily.
It also allowed its territory to be used as a staging post for Moscow’s 2022 offensive in Ukraine.
Kyiv, as well as Poland and the Baltic states, have repeatedly sounded alarm over military build-ups in Belarus, where Russia said it would deploy Oreshnik by the end of the year.
‘Of course, we will work out the plan for using this type of weaponry together with our Russian colleagues,’ Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin said asked if the Zapad drills would include the use of Oreshnik.
In late 2024, Russia used the Ukrainian city of Dnipro as a testing ground for its ‘experimental’ Oreshnik missile without a nuclear warhead…”
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