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29 May 2025


ISW analyzes why Russia and Belarus scale down Zapad-2025 military drills

Russia and Belarus reduced the scope of their joint Zapad-2025 military exercises, scheduled for September, and relocated the main maneuvers away from Belarus’s western borders, likely to create an appearance of cooperation and distract from Russia’s limited military capacity outside Ukraine.

28 May 2025

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