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Vitalii Bunechko, Head of the Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration, believes the chances of a Russian offensive across Zhytomyr Oblast are “very small,” because the border is well protected, particularly by fortifications, and heavily mined. According to Bunechko, the fortification work Read More …
Lithuania will start building permanent border fortification at two locations in September and the first counter-mobility park will be opened at the end of August, Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas has said. “On August 22, we will invite you all to Read More …
Belarus-China anti-terror drill Attacking Falcon has kicked off at the Brestsky training ground, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry. During the anti-terror drill, military personnel from the two countries will practice night landings, overcoming water obstacles, and conducting operations in Read More …
A stash with components for making explosive devices has been found at the border with Ukraine, BelTA learned from the spokesman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anton Bychkovsky. Anton Bychkovsky said that a Belarusian border patrol found a Read More …
Members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the eighth convocation adopted the bill “On the ratification of the cooperation agreement in security and counter-terrorism between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Read More …
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are currently bracing themselves for any potential Russian offensive, with Belarusian troops, all along Ukraine’s northwestern border, a heavily forested area full of forbidding wetlands, as well as the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Among the Read More …
A dedicated mine clearance unit has been created in the Belarusian army, BelTA learned from Chief of the Engineer Corps, Chief of the Engineer Corps Office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Colonel Andrei Kurakov. According Read More …
Twenty years ago Russia and fourteen other newly-independent states emerged from the ruins of the Soviet empire, many as nations for the first time in history. As is typical in the aftermath of the collapse of an empire, this was Read More …