Assertion comes after the Kremlin accused Ukraine of attacking Vladimir Putin’s palace in Novgorod

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.

The video appeared part of a choreographed attempt to intimidate Europe and to prepare Russians for a further escalation in the already brutal war against Ukraine. The deployment, if true, would symbolically reduce the time it would take for a Russian missile to hit an EU capital.

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    Given the destroyed launch sites and that most of Russia’s rocket fuels turned into water from neglect… Not too worried.

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    7 hours ago

    What? Inconceivable! I don’t believe you. Prove it, with GPS or GLONASS coordinates. Your choice.

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    13 hours ago

    Biggest false flag I’ve ever seen in order to mobilize and deploy their nuclear weapons

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      As if THIS TIME we’re going to be scared into believing their busted nukes are about to launch. This is for Russia’s domestic audience. If Russia used nukes on Ukraine the blowback would end Putin. Putin knows this which is why it hasn’t happened.

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    11 hours ago

    Same difference (nti):

    In February 2022, Belarus amended its constitution to allow Russia to deploy nuclear weapons on Belarussian territory. Russia deployed dozens of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus at the end of 2023, and placed Belarus under its nuclear umbrella.

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          9 hours ago

          Exactly. I just got permabanned from Reddit for telling a Russian asshole who bragged about 5000 nukes that he should stop being a pussy and just do it. Push the button and become history’s footnote, the country that destroyed humanity, moments before they get turned to ash. I’m so sick of this blustering, seriously shit or get off the pot.

          That country is filled with self-aggrandizing assholes who invaded a sovereign country they promised to protect. They have an economy smaller than Italy and Canada. They’re hateful, boastful, self-important shitheels. I’m so bored of their games and I truly don’t believe they have the minerals to back up anything they say. I call their bluff.

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          You don’t have to continue in this timeline. But there are others who do, want to fight for their lives and continue to exist.