Russia and Belarus Hold the Zapad-2025 Strategic Exercise
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEKremlin[1], 16 September 2025: 'The exercise is being held on September 12 through 16 at 41 land and sea training grounds in both countries.'
Russia and Belarus held their first Zapad joint strategic exercise since the invasion of Ukraine, which Putin said involved 100,000 troops at 41 ranges and included practice with nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile, as Poland shut its border with Belarus.
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