Belarusian and Russian forces have been conducting ... territory for an attack on Ukraine. Read also: Belarus-China military drills near Polish border raise tensions ...

Belarus will prepare a military-trained reserve from among its citizens, and these people will be ready to defend the country’s ...

Military allies Russia and Belarus have been conducting the Zapad (“West” in Russian) strategic drills every two years since 2009. Approximately 12,800 Russian soldiers were hosted in Belarus ...

Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory as one of the ... It was not clear how many troops were involved in the drills. The Chinese defense ministry said in a statement on Monday that Belarus ...

Therefore, these announced drills, which are to last until late ... of the regional grouping of troops (forces) of Belarus and the Russian Federation was lauched in Minsk, with the purpose of ...

Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich outlined promising areas of cooperation with North Ossetia during a meeting with a delegation from the Russian region ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Deep Background: It has been a long journey. The Baltic countries first signaled their readiness to join the continental grid ...