Russia has deployed a “hazel” missile system in Belarus, said the head of the Belarusian regime, Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko claimed that the Russian missile system arrived in Belarus on 17 December.
“We have one pillar of our sovereignty – our close people, the Russians. If it weren’t for Russia and China, we would have a hard time. In Europe, gas costs $500 and here it costs $120,” he said.
Lukashenko called the deployment of “hazel” in Belarus a “strategic deterrence measure.” Earlier he said that in case of a threat, Belarus reacts first and then Russia joins in.
There’s no confirmation of this, except for Lukashenko’s own words.
Andrei Kovalenko, head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council, commented on the message, calling it “fear propaganda.”
“Information about” hazel ” in Belarus is fear propaganda for Europe, exclusively. And this weapon is exclusively of an INFORMATIONAL nature,” he said.
Earlier, he himself and his ally the Kremlin repeatedly threatened Europe to deploy the system on Belarusian territory.
Last November, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the successful combat test of the latest medium-range hazel missile. According to him, Russian forces struck the Dnieper River with this nuclear-free hypersonic ballistic missile.
A few weeks later, in December, Alexander Lukashenko asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to deploy the Russian hazel system on the country’s territory. Putin replied that he “considers it possible to deploy” the hazel “on the territory of Belarus in the second half of 2025.”