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\n\n The Pioner missile, said to be a prototype of the Oreshnik, at Russia's Kapustin Yar Museum\n <\/div>\n \n
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March 13, Pozirk.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, during a visit to the Mahilo\u016d region on March 13, reacted angrily to Kyiv\u2019s suggestion that the Belarus-based Oreshnik missile could be considered a legitimate target for NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you think\u2014if they consider objects on the territory of Belarus a legitimate target, will I just sleep and watch?\u201d he said, adding that \u201cI can [strike] \u2026 what I consider a legitimate target for the Belarusian Armed Forces 70 kilometers away, 200 kilometers away.\u201d He noted that Belarus has enough weapons apart from the Oreshnik to hurt its enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian strongman\u2019s comments were apparently a response to a warning from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said the army was using decoys to mislead reconnaissance. \u201cTen decoys\u201410 vehicles\u2014take to the road. They look from above: 10 Oreshniks. But there is only one. There is always an antidote to any poison.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Zelensky indicated that Ukraine could strike Russian missiles stationed in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur message is that the Oreshnik [the Russian intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile] is already there, either completely or partially,\u201d he told reporters at a closed-door meeting, Ukraine\u2019s Glavkom reported on February 7. \u201cWe clearly understand this. We have launched missiles at Kapustin Yar, where the Russians keep these missiles. That is why our message to Belarus is that it can be dragged into this war, and the Russians want that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 30, the defense ministry in Minsk released a 35-second video showing what it described as Russia\u2019s Oreshnik missile system on combat patrol duty somewhere in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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