Expert on why Russia decided to deploy Oreshnik in Belarus

Russia and Belarus share the same strategic interests and goals, and this is evidenced by the Security Concept of the Union State and the Interstate Agreement on Security Guarantees within the Union State signed by presidents Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin – as noted by Andrei Bogodel, the Deputy Head of the Department for Educational and Scientific Work – Head of the Educational and Methodology Department of the Faculty of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Military Academy of Belarus, in his talk with the ONT TV channel

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According to Mr. Bogodel, the signed documents clearly define how the countries assess the military-political situation, and how they plan to respond to all challenges and threats.

“The documents clearly indicate that Belarus and Russia share the common strategic interests and goals. We see how the militarisation of the whole of Europe is progressing, what Poland, the Baltic States and the United States are doing, how NATO's strong forward presence is being ensured, how long-range missile launches from German territory are being planned. All this is a direct threat to Belarus and Russia,” the expert explained.

Mr. Bogodel added that Russia is clearly aware of how it is going to be strategically defeated by the West, “Russia is starting to group up in this situation, and this also applies to the signing of a strategic co-operation agreement with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. Russia is demonstrating what it will focus its efforts on, and this is also evident in the decision to deploy the Oreshnik complex on the territory of Belarus. By signing all these documents and the treaty on the deployment of missiles, Russia is trying to restrain the onslaught of NATO. In addition, I am sure that, in the near future, we will see a number of steps on the part of Russia aimed in some way at stopping the process of militarisation.”