{"id":149775,"date":"2025-08-06T10:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149775\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russian-troops-equipment-arrive-in-belarus-for-zapad-2025-exercise","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149775\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian troops, equipment arrive in Belarus for Zapad 2025 exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minoborony-6-08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minoborony-6-08.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minoborony-6-08-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minoborony-6-08-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minoborony-6-08-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/minoborony-6-08-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Russian soldiers with blurred faces on the picture offloading equipment in Belarus\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(MoD)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August<\/strong><strong> 6,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The first train has delivered Russian troops and military equipment to Belarus for the large-scale joint exercise Zapad 2025 scheduled for September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian defense ministry said that the Belarusian and Russian troops are at the final stage of preparations for the drills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk clamed that it scaled down the exercise to reduce international tension, but would not specify the number of troops involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More like this: <a href=\"General: decision to scale down Zapad-2025 not a weakness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">General: decision to scale down Zapad-2025 not a weakness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 6,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The first train has delivered Russian troops and military equipment to Belarus for the large-scale joint exercise Zapad 2025 scheduled for September. The Belarusian defense ministry said that the Belarusian and Russian troops are at the final stage of preparations for the drills. 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