“Military units of missile forces and aviation are involved in the exercises. During the exercises, in cooperation with the Russian side, it is planned to practice the issues of delivering nuclear ammunition and preparing it for use,” reads a statement from the Belarusian Ministry of Defense.
The aim of the exercises was to increase the level of personnel training and to check the readiness of weapons, military and specialized equipment to perform tasks.
As the Belarusian ministry noted, the main emphasis will be on refining the “issue of concealment” of weapons and units, moving them over significant distances and checking the procedures for the use of forces and means.
“The exercises are a planned training activity within the Federal State [Rosji i Białorusi]are not directed against third countries and do not constitute a threat to security in the region,” assured the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.
“Response to militarization”
Procedures related to nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile system were also tested during them. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said that these measures are a “response to militarization” near the country's borders, and in particular to the creation of a group of 30-34,000 people in Poland. soldiers.
In March 2023, Vladimir Putin announced plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, explaining this, among other things, by the American policy of deploying similar weapons in European countries. The first nuclear charges were delivered to the republic in mid-June of the same year, along with Iskander missile complexes and 10 aircraft capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons.
In December 2024, Vladimir Putin, after being approached by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, decided to also deploy Oreshnik ballistic missiles on the territory of the republic. At the end of 2025, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that Oreshnik had entered a state of “combat readiness”.
