Belarus prepares base for Oreshnik missile system: Satellite images

What satellite images showed

In the image dated February 9, six vehicles are visible on the territory of the central military camp, which in size and proportions correspond to the equipment of the Oreshnik complex.

At the same time, it is currently impossible to determine their exact type due to insufficient image quality.

photo: Radio Svoboda

In addition, the following were recorded at the site:

• About 25 military vehicles of various types;
• Several earthen embankments;
• Building of unknown purpose;
• Construction of hangars for equipment.

Possible location of complex

Earlier, American researchers from Middlebury College also named Krichev-6 airfield as a possible location for Oreshnik deployment.

Analysis of new images confirms that the video of the combat duty of the complex, previously published by the Defense Ministries of Russia and Belarus, could have been filmed there.

Oreshnik in Belarus

Earlier, self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated that the Oreshnik missile complex has already been put on combat duty on the territory of the country. According to him, tactical nuclear weapons are already deployed in Belarus, and now the arsenal is being supplemented with a new missile complex, while Minsk may receive up to ten such systems from Russia.

Later, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian side knows the location of the new Russian Oreshnik missile in Belarus, and corresponding information is being shared with international partners.

According to preliminary assessments, Oreshnik may be a modification of the RS-26 Rubezh missile, whose range, according to unofficial data, is about 5,500 kilometers. There is little information about this system in open sources.