Eastern Europe
Everything you need to know about the upcoming Russia-Belarus Zapad-2025 military drills
The joint Russia-Belarus Zapad drills are a regular cause for concern in Europe. While thinly veiled as defensive, the exercises have been straining Belarus' relations with its neighbors for over a decade. This September, they will be held again. The fifth set of exercises, Zapad-2025, has been downsized and moved further from the border, although they are still a cause for suspicion after the last "joint drill" — Union Resolve in early 2022 — was used to mask the buildup of a Russian assault
