Putin sends a warning to Europe as the ‘Oreshnik’ missile system has ‘entered combat duty in Belarus’
Belarus Defence Ministry has said that Russia’s Oreshnik missile system has now “entered combat duty” and Vladimir Putin has claimed that it is “impossible” to shoot them down.
Putin has claimed they are impossible to intercept due to the speed that the missiles fly which is more than ten times the speed of sound, it has been alleged.
Russia’s state news agency TASS released a video for the first time showing the deployment of the nuclear capable missiles which can hit the UK within eight minutes.
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Russia used the Oreshnik missile for the first time in November 2024 targeting the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
Andrey Bogodel, the deputy chief of the General Staff department of the Military Academy of Belarus, told TASS that Putin sending the unstoppable missile is an “anti-aggression warning to Western countries.”
Bogodel said, “Today, any good deed must, of course, be done with fists. Unfortunately, the world can no longer be organised any other way.”
The NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte has warned that despite the geographical distance between Russia and Europe, the Oreshnik missile can hit European capitals within minutes.
Rutte said speaking at a joint press conference in Luxembourg with Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Defense Minister Yuriko Backes, “We are all very close, particularly in the context of the latest Russian missile technologies. For example, the difference now between Lithuania and Luxembourg, The Hague or Madrid is five to 10 minutes – that’s how long it takes for a missile to reach these parts of Europe.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry claims that the “Oreshnik” missile system has already entered combat duty in Belarus.
“Oreshnik” is an experimental Russian missile complex using ballistic missiles. It was first used in November 2024 during a strike on the city of Dnipro.
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Rutte cautioned that NATO member states must now realise there is no safe distance from Russia as “we are all under direct threat from the Russians.
“We are all now on the eastern flank, regardless of whether we live in London or Tallinn – there is no longer any difference.”
Rutte said that the US is committed to NATO, “They deeply understand, and I feel this from all my conversations in Washington, that a safe United States needs a safe Atlantic, safe Europe, and safe Arctic, because otherwise the United States itself, even the mainland, will be under threat.”
