Russia keeps preparing Zapad-2025 military exercise: Ukraine’s border guards access threat
Photo: Russian-Belarusian military exercises to be held in September (Getty Images)
Russia and Belarus continue preparations for the so-called Zapad-2025 military exercise on the Belarusian territory. However, as of today, there are no signs of a threat of a new Russian invasion from Belarus, Spokesperson of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko, reports.
According to Demchenko, the situation at the border remains calm. As of today, there are no signs of enemy troop formations near the Ukrainian border that could be considered offensive.
At the same time, the spokesperson added that during the Zapad-2025 military exercise, not only Russian troops will be moved to Belarus. Interestingly, Belarusian troops will also be redeployed to Russian territory.
According to official data, the joint military exercises of Russia and Belarus, Zapad-2025, will take place from September 12 to 16, 2025. More than 13,000 soldiers are expected to participate in the maneuvers.
The Kremlin and Minsk claim that the exercises are purely defensive in nature and do not pose a threat. At the same time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, warned that under the cover of these exercises, offensive troop formations could be secretly assembled.
Read more about whether the Zapad-2025 military exercise by Russia and Belarus poses a threat to Ukraine and what the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council says in our news article on the topic.
