Russia and Belarus have commenced the Zapad-2025 joint military drills, simulating enemy repulsion and practicing nuclear weapon decision-making, while drawing close international observation.

Amid rising tensions between NATO and Russia, Moscow and Belarus are holding military exercises starting on Friday that ...

The Zapad-2025 drills, which run through Sep 16, are meant to test the ability of the two countries to repel an enemy attack, ...

On the international stage, Belarus has secured a status as an open, peaceful, and non-confrontational state. Aleksandr Lukashenko once even stated that our country is the most peaceful in the world ...

From the Baltic to the Barents sea, Russian and Belarusian troops, tanks and aircraft are massing in battle formation. On the ...

More than 20,000 Poles signed up for voluntary military training in the first seven months of 2025 - in line with record ...

In 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from Belarus included forces that had participated in the Zapad exercises.

NATO says it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO has focused on trying to ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — France said it’s deploying fighter jets to Poland and Britain announced fresh sanctions on Russia’s oil ...

Russia’s militarised exclave of Kaliningrad lies to the north while, in Belarus to the south, an estimated 30,000 Russian and ...

For many in Poland – which endured decades of Moscow’s domination under the Soviet Union – the fear of Russian hostility looms large.