{"id":200416,"date":"2026-08-18T23:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200416\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T00:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:02:48","slug":"military-exercise-kicks-off-in-western-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200416\/","title":{"rendered":"Military exercise kicks off in western Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uchenia_minoborony.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uchenia_minoborony.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uchenia_minoborony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uchenia_minoborony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uchenia_minoborony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uchenia_minoborony-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(defense ministry)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 18, <em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><\/em>. <\/strong>The Western Operational Command has launched a \u201cbattallion tactical\u201d exercise in the Brest and Hrodna regions to \u201cimprove the ability of staffs and commanders to control units during combat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drill involves two independent mechanized brigades, based in Hrodna and S\u0142onim, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Colonel Ivan By\u010dak, who leads the drill, the units are practicing preparations for defensive and offensive operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maneuvers will also include training in crossing a water obstacle as well as negotiating mined areas, with a special focus on combating drones, By\u010dak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian army has been conducting exercises non-stop amid tensions with the West and Russia\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine, in which Minsk supports Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lukyanovich-ctv-16-08-minoborony-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lukyanovich-ctv-16-08-minoborony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lukyanovich-ctv-16-08-minoborony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lukyanovich-ctv-16-08-minoborony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lukyanovich-ctv-16-08-minoborony-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lukyanovich-ctv-16-08-minoborony.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Another top Belarusian general dovish on West\u00a0<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 17,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus can say with confidence that the situation in the sky over its western border is stable, with no security threats and with constant routine communication with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia,&nbsp;Andrej \u0141ukjanovi\u010d, commander of the Air Force and Air &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/200249\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 18, Pozirk. 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