{"id":156563,"date":"2025-09-22T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156563\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"ukraine-confirms-russian-troops-left-belarus-after-zapad-2025-drill","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156563\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine confirms Russian troops left Belarus after Zapad-2025 drill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 22, Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. Russian participants in Zapad-2025, a major joint drill held by Russia and Belarus on September 12-16, left Belarus for Russia, nv.ua <\/em>reports, citing Ukrainian border guard spokesman Andriy Demchenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine did not record any activity near the shared border with Belarus during and after the exercises, he added, noting that protection of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border remains a priority for Kyiv, with security measures similar to those applying to the border with Russia and the front line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zapad-2025 took place at training grounds in both Belarus and Russia and in the waters of the Baltic and Barents Seas. The drill prompted Belarus\u2019 neighbors to take unprecedented security measures, including the closure of the Polish-Belarusian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the first day of the exercises, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin stressed that the maneuvers were taking place \u201cat a considerable distance from the southern and western borders\u201d and were not directed \u201cagainst any specific country or countries.\u201d Later, he announced that 6,000 Belarusian troops and 1,000 Russian troops were participating in the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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