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Lukashenko: Belarus is choosing sites for Oreshnik

BORISOV, 10 December (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko revealed where Russian Oreshnik missile systems are planned to be deployed in Belarus during his working visit to Borisov on 10 December, BelTA has learned.

"We have thought it over. Now we are choosing sites to deploy these weapons. We used to host strategic nuclear missiles back in the day," the president said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that this is one of the reasons why the opponents started calling him a dictator: "'It is not because I am a dictator, but because I did what they did not like. But it came in handy, as you see."

"We have about 30 such sites. We will choose the  ones closest to the targets. We will deploy them and choose targets. As you may have noticed, I laid down only one condition to Putin: Belarus will determine the targets, not Russia. But it will help us to use the weapons. In other words, we will press the button together, if necessary, God forbid. We will determine the targets ourselves. He agreed," the president added.

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