US EditionMoscow and Minsk rehearse launch of nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus, Lukashenko says
Russian Tu-160 bombers flew over neutral Barents Sea waters for four hours, practicing cruise missile launches during Zapad-2025, a joint Russia-Belarus military exercise.
- Russia and Belarus conducted the Zapad-2025 military exercises from Friday to Tuesday near their western border, involving simulated nuclear strikes and combat readiness drills.
- The exercises responded to tensions with NATO and Polish concerns, with Belarus pledging smaller drills held deeper inside its territory and Poland closing its border temporarily.
- Around 13,000 troops participated, practicing cruise missile launches, urban combat, and countering armed groups, while NATO observers including U.S. officers monitored part of the drills.
- Belarusian General Pavel Muraveiko stated the maneuvers included examining the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons and deploying the Oreshnik missile system unveiled last November.
- The drills heightened regional alertness and underscored Belarus’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Lukashenko allowed nuclear missiles stationed there amid warnings of possible offensives.
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Russia and Belarus Stage Simulated Nuclear Strike During Zapad-2025 War Games
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Russia Shows Off Conventional and Nuclear Military Might in Drills — and Raises Tensions with NATO
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Belarus has confirmed today that the performance of Russian-Russian professional ballistic missiles Oreshnik has been practiced during the strategic maneuvers Západ-2025."We have carried out all the tasks we have...
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