Belarus to start producing artillery shells and Grad rockets, says country's self-proclaimed president
Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has announced that his country is launching ammunition production, including 152 mm artillery shells, munitions for Grad-type multiple-launch rocket systems and grenades for grenade launchers.
Source: Lukashenko, as quoted by Belta, a Belarusian state-owned news outlet
Details: Lukashenko said that, in the war against Ukraine, "conventional" means of destruction, in his view, continue to play a key role and that consumption of such ammunition is very high. That is why, he said, Belarus decided to create its own production capacity.
Quote: "As before, during the war in Ukraine we see that conventional weapons play a major role – artillery, 152-millimetre ammunition for it, and Grad systems have also proven very effective… Therefore, we made the decision to build the relevant production facilities here that will be able to produce a sufficient quantity of ammunition."
Details: Lukashenko also said Belarus has already established production of its own small-arms cartridges and plans to make its own grenade launcher rounds.
Quote: "At one time we faced the issue of producing our own cartridges – we solved it… Therefore, grenade launcher rounds must be our own."
More details: Lukashenko said such ammunition can be stored in warehouses for a long time and warned his subordinates not to miss the production launch deadlines.
"God forbid you derail this project in terms of deadlines," he said.
Background:
- On 22 December 2025, Lukashenko said Belarus could receive "up to 10" Oreshnik missile systems from Russia.
- On 18 December, Lukashenko said an Oreshnik missile system had been delivered from Russia to Belarus.
- On 17 December, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said the Oreshnik missile system would be put on combat duty by the end of 2025.
- On 31 October, it became known that on the night of 8-9 July 2024, forces from Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Foreign Intelligence Service destroyed one of three Russian intermediate-range ballistic missiles, Oreshnik, at the Kapustin Yar training ground.
- According to Ukraine's Air Force, during a missile attack on the city of Dnipro on 21 November 2024, Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile. Ukrainska Pravda sources said it could have been a Rubezh missile, which is a potential nuclear warhead carrier.
- In an address on 21 November, Putin said the Russians used an intermediate-range missile, Oreshnik, during the morning attack on Dnipro.
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