On September 1, 2024, a tactical group of the Belarusian 19th Mechanized Brigade was redeployed to the border area with Lithuania near Hudahai station, approximately 7 km from the Lithuanian border.

On September 1, 2024, a military cargo train carrying the 19th Mechanized Brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces arrived at Hudahai station in Astraviets district, Hrodna region, near the Lithuanian border. The tactical group comprised up to two motorized rifle companies with 14 BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and two Mul medical vehicles, a tank company with 10 T-72B tanks and one BREM-1 recovery vehicle, one mortar battery with six 120-mm 2S12 Sani mortars, and additional vehicles, totaling approximately 38 pieces of equipment and around 250 personnel. This redeployment followed a combat readiness inspection that began in August, which included recalling about 100 conscripts and bringing equipment out of long-term storage. The 19th Mechanized Brigade, part of the Northwestern Operational Command, routinely covers the Lithuanian and Latvian directions. Similar redeployments were conducted in March and May 2024. The current exercise likely involves drills on countering illegal armed formations and strengthening border protection. Belarusian Armed Forces units currently do not pose a military threat to Lithuania, according to the reporting source.