HUR: Russia may deploy Oreshnik in Belarus by the end of 2025 – location named

Moscow and Minsk have an agreement to deploy Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile systems in Belarus, which is expected to happen by the end of 2025. More on this upon request LIGA.net the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) reported.

"At present, Russia and Belarus have reached an agreement on the deployment of mobile ground-based missile systems with the Oreshnik IRBM in Belarus. According to preliminary data, these complexes will be deployed in the Mogilev region of the Republic of Belarus by the end of 2025," the document says.

According to the HUR, the deployment of these weapons in Belarus could increase the level of military threat not only to Ukraine but also to Europe, as the design characteristics of the Oreshnik allow Russians to hit targets not only on the entire Ukrainian territory but also on most of the continent.

Earlier, on October 28, the spokeswoman for the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko Natalia Eismont confirmed to Russian propagandists the plans to put Oreshnik on combat duty in December 2025.

The Mogilev region is located in the east of Belarus, bordering Russia. The distance from its administrative boundary to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border at various points is approximately 110-140 kilometers in a straight line. Lithuania, the nearest NATO and EU country, is about 200 kilometers.

• In November 2024, the occupiers used the Oreshnik to strike at the Dnipro, launching a missile from the Astrakhan region.
• In July 2025, Ukrainian intelligence reported LIGA.net that there are no confirmed data that the occupiers tried to use the Oreshnik against Ukraine after the attack on the Dnipro River was not available, nor was there any information about further exercises and tests of this weapon.
• According to the HUR, the Oreshnik has the following characteristics: range of up to 5500 kilometers, speed of more than 5 swings or 6000 km/h (read more here).
• The information about the deployment of Oreshnik in Belarus comes amid new tests of a Russian intercontinental nuclear-powered missile "Burevesnik". In response to these exercises, US president Trump reminded Moscow of the US nuclear submarine off the Russian coast.
• Meanwhile, Russian dictator Putin also announced the testing of a new nuclear drone called "Poseidon." The head of the Center for NSDC stated that the testing of this weapon and "Burevestnik" is an attempt by the Kremlin to intimidate Ukraine's allies.