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Satellite imagery shows renovation of the Soviet-era nuclear weapons storage site near Asipovichy, Belarus.

Planet Labs imagery from 2025, published by SVT in June 2025, showed that a Soviet-era nuclear weapons storage facility near Asipovichy in Belarus was being renovated, with new air-defence installations and a modernised railway loading platform. Russia announced in 2023 that it had deployed tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus but has not disclosed where they are stored. In March 2024, the Federation of American Scientists had already documented security upgrades at the depot, including a quadruple security perimeter, following reported inspections by Russian officials in 2023.

Occurrence
2025-06-18
Publication
2025-06-18
First observed
2026-10-18T10:30:14.759Z
Review status
Not assessed
Countries
BY
Updated
2026-10-18T10:30:14.759Z

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  1. Role
    discovery_lead
    Date
    2025-06-18T20:19:43Z

    Planet Labs imagery from 2025, published by SVT in June 2025, showed that a Soviet-era nuclear weapons storage facility near Asipovichy in Belarus was being renovated, with new air-defence installations and a modernised railway loading platform. Russia announced in 2023 that it had deployed tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus but has not disclosed where they are stored. In March 2024, the Federation of American Scientists had already documented security upgrades at the depot, including a quadruple security perimeter, following reported inspections by Russian officials in 2023.