LEPEL DISTRICT, 31 October (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko confirmed plans to deploy Oreshnik missile system in Belarus in December during his working trip to Vitebsk Oblast on 31 October, BelTA has learned.
“The Oreshnik is a powerful weapon. It will be deployed in December. What for? I want them [opponents abroad] to understand that we can strike if things go badly. We will sit down with Putin, make a decision, and deliver a strike. So do not provoke a conflict. After all, this is how the war in Ukraine started. In Donbass, Russian speakers were being oppressed, killed, and persecuted. I saw it with my own eyes,” the president said.
He recalled that peaceful agreements had been reached in Minsk, but the opponents decided to act through deception, which led to the current situation: “It turns out there was no agreement. It turns out they came to Minsk to deceive Russia and us. They deceived us. Well, they have reaped what they sowed. Already two million Ukrainians have been killed or injured. What is the point of this provocation? We used to live normally. Both the Poles, the Lithuanians, and so on.”
“The Oreshnik is a powerful weapon. It will be deployed in December. What for? I want them [opponents abroad] to understand that we can strike if things go badly. We will sit down with Putin, make a decision, and deliver a strike. So do not provoke a conflict. After all, this is how the war in Ukraine started. In Donbass, Russian speakers were being oppressed, killed, and persecuted. I saw it with my own eyes,” the president said.
He recalled that peaceful agreements had been reached in Minsk, but the opponents decided to act through deception, which led to the current situation: “It turns out there was no agreement. It turns out they came to Minsk to deceive Russia and us. They deceived us. Well, they have reaped what they sowed. Already two million Ukrainians have been killed or injured. What is the point of this provocation? We used to live normally. Both the Poles, the Lithuanians, and so on.”
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