Event 927

{
  "category": "Kinetic",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple clear direct statements are evident in both the article headline and several in-article quotes from Belarusian officials regarding the scale-down of joint military drills and relocation away from the border. The information is reiterated in the text and visually supported by the screenshot.",
  "countries": [
    "Belarus",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Baltic Sea Region",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Belarus will scale back joint military drills with Russia for September 2025, cutting troop numbers and moving exercises away from its western border, according to the Belarusian Defense Ministry.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-05-28T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline and subheadline explicitly state Belarus scaling back and relocating military drills.",
    "Direct statement by Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin cited.",
    "Paragraphs describe both troop reductions and relocation of maneuvers away from western borders."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"Belarus will scale back joint military drills with Russia, scheduled for September, cutting troop numbers and moving exercises away from its western border, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.\"",
    "\"We have decided to reduce the parameters of the 'Zapad-2025' exercise and to move its main maneuvers deeper into the territory of the Republic of Belarus, away from the western borders,\" Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said in a statement on the ministry’s Telegram channel.",
    "\"The number of troops taking part will be in any case half, and all key combat military actions located in the western regions of Belarus will be canceled or transferred deeper into the country’s territory.\""
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Military Exercise Change",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline and subheadline explicitly state Belarus scaling back and relocating military drills.",
            "Direct statement by Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin cited.",
            "Paragraphs describe both troop reductions and relocation of maneuvers away from western borders."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "BY",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    }
  ],
  "follow_up_notes": "??Belarus scales back participation in Zapad-2025 drills",
  "headline": "Belarus to Scale Back Joint Military Drills With Russia",
  "location_text": "Belarus, away from western borders",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_927_1763943142_79262581.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Belarus announced reduced role in Zapad-2025 joint exercises with Russia.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/28/belarus-to-scale-back-joint-military-drills-with-russia-a89257"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Belarus announced it will reduce the scale and troop presence for the Zapad-2025 joint military exercise with Russia, moving its main maneuvers deeper into Belarusian territory.",
  "url": "https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/28/belarus-to-scale-back-joint-military-drills-with-russia-a89257"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Military exercise change",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR",
  "Date": "28-May-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/28/belarus-to-scale-back-joint-military-drills-with-russia-a89257",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Belarus scales back participation in Zapad-2025 drills",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Belarus announced reduced role in Zapad-2025 joint exercises with Russia.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}