{"id":150675,"date":"2025-08-12T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150675\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"zapad-2025-drill-scheduled-for-september-12-16","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150675\/","title":{"rendered":"Zapad-2025 drill scheduled for September 12\u201316"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 12, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Zapad-2025, a Belarusian-Russian large-scale military exercise, will take place from September 12 to 16, Valeryj Ravienka of Belarus\u2019 defense ministry has told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drill will focus on military security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and test readiness to respond to aggression, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus sought to assure its western neighbors that the joint drill with Russia poses no threat by moving the exercise inland, Security Council chief Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late May, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin announced that Zapad-2025 would be scaled down and relocated farther from the borders. Later, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u00a0said the move was designed to reduce tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2022, Moscow used a similar exercise in Belarus as a cover for a troop buildup ahead of its invasion of Kyiv. Ukrainian intelligence and border forces plan to closely monitor troop movements during the upcoming drill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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