Belarus Supports Russia in Ukraine Amid Military Drills
13,000 troops practiced cruise missile launches, urban combat, and countering armed groups.
Exercises included simulated nuclear strikes and tactical nuclear weapon drills.
Belarus reduced drills to internal areas after NATO and Polish concerns.
Poland temporarily closed its border during the exercises.
NATO observers, including U.S. officers, monitored part of the drills.
Belarusian General Pavel Muraveiko tested the Oreshnik missile system.
Drills highlighted Belarus’s support for Russia’s Ukraine war.
Lukashenko allowed nuclear missiles in Belarus amid offensive warnings.
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