{"id":154677,"date":"2025-09-10T14:16:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154677\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"transition-cabinet-says-joint-drills-with-russia-undermine-belarus-interests","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154677\/","title":{"rendered":"Transition cabinet says joint drills with Russia undermine Belarus interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 10, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Conducting joint military exercises with Russia runs counter to Belarus\u2019 national interests, the opposition transition cabinet has said ahead of the Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2025 drill set to start tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military exercise will escalate tensions in the region amid Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, while external threats cited by the authorities in Minsk and Moscow are completely fabricated, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement described the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus and planned training in their use as a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drone incursions from Belarus last night confirm that Russia’s actions pose a direct threat to neighboring countries and destabilize European security, it stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Threats to regional security caused by Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials will remain permanent until the political crisis in Belarus is resolved, the cabinet noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zapad-2025 is scheduled to take place in Belarus from September 12 to 16. The maneuvers are expected to involve around 8,000 troops in Belarus, including 2,000 Russians, Mindaugas Ma\u017eonas, head of Lithuania\u2019s Second Investigation Department, told\u00a0LRT<\/em> earlier. Minsk has not disclosed the number of participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, Lithuania announced additional measures to beef up security at borders with Belarus and Russia during the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just ahead of the Zapad-2025 drill, Poland reported Russian drone incursions on an unprecedented scale. Polish authorities temporarily closed airports in Warsaw, Modlin, Rzesz\u00f3w and Lublin. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 defense ministry said this morning that its air defense forces had been in contact with Polish and Lithuanian counterparts to track stray drones and warn of approaching unidentified aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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