Overview
- Lukashenko said the 2024 strike on the Dnepropetrovsk-region plant caused fatalities, according to his press service.
- Putin previously said that on November 21, 2024, Russia carried out a combined strike and successfully combat‑tested the mid‑range Oreshnik system.
- State outlet RIA Novosti reported that group use of the complex is described as comparable in effect to nuclear weapons without being classified as a weapon of mass destruction.
- Lukashenko has asked to station the system in Belarus, said the country would host no more than about ten complexes, and stated any use from Belarusian territory would be decided jointly with Putin.
- Russian officials said serial production began in early August and that the first production unit had been delivered to the forces.