{"id":2824,"date":"2025-09-16T23:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T23:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:44:16","slug":"putin-names-purpose-of-russia-belarus-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/putin-names-purpose-of-russia-belarus-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin names purpose of Russia-Belarus drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Zapad 2025 exercises were aimed at defending the borders using lessons from the Ukraine conflict, the president has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"396\">The Zapad 2025 military exercises between Russia and Belarus were designed to repel attacks using lessons from the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The drills concluded on Tuesday, amid tensions between Russia and NATO.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"812\">Putin visited a command post in Mulino, northwestern Russia, where he met with Defense Minister Andrey Belousov.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1109\"><em>&ldquo;The purpose of the exercise is to rehearse all elements necessary to fully protect sovereignty, territorial integrity, and defend against any aggression,&rdquo;<\/em> Putin said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1109\">He added that the planners of the drills<em>&nbsp;&ldquo;incorporated lessons learned from the special military operation&rdquo;<\/em> in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1258\">The drills involved 100,000 troops, 10,000 pieces of military hardware, including 333 aircraft, and around 250 naval vessels, the president said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"An explosion is seen during the Russian-Belarusian joint military drills &quot;Zapad 2025&quot; (West 2025) at the Borisovsky training ground in Minsk region, Belarus.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c9b54c203027139e7f5e41.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/india\/624733-india-crossed-red-line-with\/\">India crossed \u2018red line\u2019 with participation in Russia-Belarus drills \u2013 Times<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1619\">Last week, Poland closed its border with Belarus, calling the exercises&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;very aggressive.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1619\">Earlier in September, Warsaw launched the Iron Defender-25 drills, involving 30,000 troops. Lithuania, another neighbor of Belarus, began the Thunder Strike national defense exercises last week.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1619\">Moscow has said it would not attack a NATO country unless it is attacked first.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1811\">Earlier this month, Poland accused Russia of violating its airspace with at least 19 drones, which Moscow has denied. NATO responded by deploying additional warplanes to patrol Polish skies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zapad 2025 exercises were aimed at defending the borders using lessons from the Ukraine conflict, the president has said The Zapad 2025 military exercises between Russia and Belarus were designed to repel attacks using lessons from the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The drills concluded on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/putin-names-purpose-of-russia-belarus-drills\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2831,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions\/2831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}