Despite being highly anticipated, the sudden change in public rhetoric about this year's Zapad strategic military exercise ...

Russian troops have withdrawn from Belarus following the conclusion of the Zapad-2025 (West-2025) joint exercises, although Ukraine's defence forces continue to monitor the border closely, as Belarus ...

Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Janne Jaakkola, has said that his country is closely monitoring the Zapad-2025 (West-2025) Russian-Belarusian military exercises. Source: Finnish ...

Russia and Belarus on Friday launched a long-planned joint military exercise involving thousands of troops that has raised concern in the West. The exercises, dubbed “Zapad 2025,” or “West 2025,” are ...

MINSK, BELARUS - NOVEMBER 23: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) embraces Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) during the SCTO Summit on November 23, 2023, in Minsk, Belarus.

Russian paratroopers parachuted into Belarus on Wednesday as part of joint military drills, the Ministry of Defence said.