ISW gave an explanation why Lukashenko asked Putin for a ballistic missile – Politika
Moscow never gets tired of bragging about its missile.
Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenko asked his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin for the Oreshnik ballistic missile to deploy it on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. All this is similar to the increased rattling of the “nuclear club” by the Kremlin.
This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The report recalled that “Fuhrer” Putin showed off his new missile and Russia's missile potential during a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State. In addition, in an interview with an American propagandist, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, also tried to position the Oreshnyk attack on the Dnipro on November 21 as Moscow's readiness to use any means to prevent the West from achieving a strategic victory over Russia.
According to ISW, the Kremlin's flaunting of the Oreshnyk missile is unlikely…