Air Defenses Add To Evidence Of Russian Oreshnik Missile Deployment In Belarus
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An analysis of satellite images captured by Planet Labs suggests that six installations of systems designed to protect facilities against attacks from the air now ring a site where Russia may have deployed a nuclear-capable missile Moscow has used to flex its military muscle amid its war on Ukraine.
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Belarus Air Defenses Add To Evidence Of Russian Oreshnik Missile Deployment In Belarus By Andrei Shauliuha March 04, 2026 11:39 CET Air Defenses Add To Evidence Of Russian Oreshnik Missile Deployment In Belarus Share Share Print Several air defense and electronic warfare installations appear to have cropped up around a site in Belarus where Russia may have deployed a nuclear-capable, hypersonic missile system called Oreshnik, recent satellite imagery indicates. An analysis of images captured by Planet Labs on February 17 suggests that six positions that appear to hold equipment designed to protect facilities from aircraft, drones, and missile strikes now ring the former site of the Soviet-era Krychev-6 military airfield near the village of Krychau, close to the Russian border in eastern Belarus. Map: Air-Defense Positions Near Possible Oreshnik Missile Site In Belarus While the imagery does not allow for definitive identification, some of the equipment resembles the Russian Tor-M2 antiaircraft missile system or the Pantsir antiaircraft missile and gun system, while others resemble Krasukha or Moskva-1 electronic warfare systems. One of the positions looks like it may have been fitted with an S-300 missile system. The equipped positions stand within a five-kilometer radius of the Krychau site, where new construction began in August 2025. A previous examination by RFE/RL’s Belarus Service of satellite imagery captured between November and February pointed to a possible Oreshnik deployment there. Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted about the Oreshnik repeatedly since he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Belarus’s southern neighbor, just over four years ago. Russia has targeted Ukraine with the missile -- without a nuclear warhead -- at least twice. Military allies Russia and Belarus have both said the missiles would be deployed in Belarus. On December 30, the defense ministries of the two countries posted video footage that they said showed an Oresh...
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