Belarus is creating a Special Operations Forces brigade. The new military unit will be based in the Gomel region, on the ...

Belarus’s spending on weaponry and other military expenditures has jumped significantly since 2022, when Russia launched its ...

Russian troops rolled into Ukraine from Belarus on Feb. 24, 2022, after a joint drill with the Belarusian army. Ukraine and Belarus share a 1,084-kilometer (672-mile) border.

During the Great Patriotic War and in peacetime, the blue berets honorably performed their military duty, including operations abroad, and faithfully kept their oath and loyalty to their nation,” the ...

In December, Belarus moved units of the Armed Forces to the border with Ukraine, which had previously been withdrawn from there. About 1,500 troops are now stationed there, according to the ...

Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin is currently on a visit to Belarus. On 28 July, he met with Chief of the ...

Belarus' professional army has about 48,000 troops and around 12,000 state border troops, according to the 2022 International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance.

Belarus said air-defense units downed drones in its airspace, acknowledging for the first time that it had shot at aerial targets during a reported Russian barrage against neighboring Ukraine.