# Zelensky warns Russia may expand missile threats from Belarus against western Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/104641

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-17 20:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-warns-russia-may-expand-missile-threats-from-belarus-against-western-ukraine/

> Zelensky warned that Russia could use Belarus to intensify missile and drone attacks on western Ukraine. He said Russia was already using drone signal repeaters there and believed Putin needed Lukashenko’s support to station more ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s border service separately said Belarus-based equipment relays or amplifies signals for Russian drones heading toward western Ukraine and Poland’s border region.

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