Belarus' Lukashenko asks Putin for Oreshnik missile system -Russian agencies

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday asked his close ally Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Minsk with Russia's intermediate-range Oreshnik ballistic missile system, Russian news agencies reported.

Russia fired the Oreshnik at a Ukrainian city last month in what Putin described as a test of the weapon in combat conditions. (Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)