Ukraine, Poland, Belarusian Opposition Eye Block of Russian Missile Deployment
Ukrainian, Polish, and Belarusian opposition intelligence plan to coordinate efforts to disrupt Russia’s deployment of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile system in Belarus.
Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Poland’s Military Intelligence Service, and representatives of the exiled Belarusian opposition are preparing to meet and discuss coordinated efforts to obstruct the planned deployment of Russia’s hypersonic missile system «Oreshnik» in Belarus. This was reported by a source familiar with the matter.
According to the source, the discussions are expected to take place during the «New Belarus» conference scheduled for August 9–10 in Warsaw. Alongside the conference, anti-Belarus demonstrations and a central city march are reportedly planned.
The source indicated that the closed-door portion of the conference will include representatives of several foreign intelligence services, including Ukraine’s SBU and GUR. The agenda, he said, will focus on strategies for countering the deployment of the Oreshnik missile system on Belarusian soil.
Special attention, the source noted, will be given to coordinating actions aimed at preventing Russian military presence in Belarus-particularly the positioning of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile system.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had previously requested the deployment of the new Russian hypersonic system, and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently confirmed that the complex is expected to be stationed in Belarus by the end of 2025.
The Oreshnik is a next-generation ballistic missile system with a reported range of up to 5,500 kilometers. Its warhead includes six hypersonic glide vehicles capable of carrying nuclear payloads. Depending on the target’s location, the missile’s flight time to European territory is estimated at just 10–15 minutes. Currently, no air defense or missile defense system is capable of intercepting its hypersonic components.
The system was first used in late November of last year in Ukraine. During that trial, an unarmed test missile struck industrial structures in the Dnipropetrovsk region, causing destruction through sheer kinetic force alone. The estimated cost of a single Oreshnik missile system is around 20 billion rubles.