Oleh Ivashchenko, Head of Ukraine's Overseas Intelligence Service, has stated that nuclear weapons carriers are situated on Belarusian territory however there are not any precise nuclear weapons there, and the identical applies to Oreshnik intercontinental ballistic missile methods.
Supply: Ivashchenko in an interview with Ukrinform
Quote: "The carriers [of the nuclear weapons] are there. That's true. There are jets, there are Iskander missile methods. However there are not any nuclear weapons in Belarus. That's a truth."
Particulars: Ivashchenko famous that storage services have been being arrange, preparations have been underway, and development was going down in Belarus.
"Lukashenko says that they’ll have the Oreshnik methods by the tip of the 12 months. However this appears to be wishful pondering. As of right now, there may be nothing of the type, and it’s unlikely that something will seem," Ivashchenko stated.
Background:
- In Might 2023, the defence ministers of Russia and Belarus signed paperwork on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. The next month, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin stated that a part of Russia's nuclear weapons have been already in Belarus.
- On the finish of June 2023, self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the event of an algorithm for using nuclear weapons deployed by Russia.
- In January 2025, Lukashenko stated that Belarus would obtain the Oreshnik missile system from Russia very quickly.
- He additionally stated that Belarus would initially obtain 10 Oreshnik missile methods from Russia, however that this quantity could possibly be elevated if Russia so desired.
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