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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Luke Harding

Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into Belarus

Video of a missile in a truck being moved through a forest
Video released by Russia shows a new Oreshnik missile being moved. Photograph: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Handout/EPA

Russia said its latest nuclear-capable missile system has been deployed in Belarus, a day after Moscow claimed that Ukraine had carried out a large-scale drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence.

Footage released by Russia’s ministry of defence showed the new Oreshnik missile trundling through a snowy forest. Soldiers were seen disguising combat vehicles with green netting and raising a flag at an airbase in eastern Belarus, close to the Russian border.

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