Overview

• Speaking at the UN General Assembly, foreign minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said the world is the closest ever to nuclear apocalypse, citing the Doomsday Clock.
• Ryzhenkov said Russian Oreshnik ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads will be stationed on Belarusian territory.
• President Alexander Lukashenko said the missiles are “on the way” and claimed a launch from Belarus could reach London in about eight minutes.
• Media reports point to a large facility under construction near Pavlovka south of Minsk that is believed to support the system, with prior reporting of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in 2023.
• NATO ran its Neptune Strike 25-3 drills in the North Sea this week as European officials reported a low‑altitude Russian flyover of a German frigate in the Baltic and drone activity over Copenhagen.