Event f7ec65c1-2214-494f-98f7-2879ad6c0898

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Kinetic Country: Belarus Country: Russia Country: Ukraine Country: Poland Country: Lithuania Country: Latvia
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Event Time
11mo ago
Created
1mo ago
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Updated
1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Zelensky: Putin will deploy his forces in Belarus this year. This could be about the West-2025 drills

Short Summary: Zelenskyy warns of Russian troop deployment to Belarus in advance of West-2025 drills; potential provocation toward Poland and the Baltic States.

Description

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy stated that Putin will deploy Russian forces to Belarus in 2025 as part of the West-2025 military drills, possibly using Belarus for intimidation of Poland, Lithuania, and other Baltic states. The drills may involve Russian Armed Forces arriving in Belarus and are seen as a provocation and potential hybrid threat toward neighboring NATO/EU countries.

Evidence

Quotes

Zelensky: Putin will deploy his forces in Belarus this year. This could be about the West-2025 drills
Putin is going to drag Belarus into war. According to him, Putin may choose Poland or the Baltic states as his next target.
he will deploy forces on the territory of Belarus. And many Europeans ... will say that this is intimidation, intimidation of Poland, intimidation of Lithuania and our other Baltic partners.
the deployment of the Russian Armed Forces in Belarus ... as part of the West-2025 Russian-Belarusian drills.
Commander of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces A. Lukyanovich said that "joint strategic drills" would be held in Belarus in September 2025.