{"id":1451658,"date":"2026-10-12T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/large-scale-military-exercises-with-russia-and-allies-have-started-in-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:15:10","slug":"large-scale-military-exercises-with-russia-and-allies-have-started-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/large-scale-military-exercises-with-russia-and-allies-have-started-in-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Large-scale military exercises with Russia and allies have started in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The CSTO military exercises &#8220;Indestructible Brotherhood-2026&#8221; and &#8220;Barrier-2026&#8221; have started in Belarus, in which Russia and several other allied states are participating. More than 1,500 servicemen and more than 300 pieces of equipment were involved in the maneuvers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odkb-csto.org\/news\/news_odkb\/v-belarusi-dan-start-ucheniyam-odkb-nerushimoe-bratstvo-2026-i-barer-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> by the CSTO.<\/p>\n<p> Military contingents from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan are participating in the exercises. They also involve units of internal affairs bodies, the National Guard, and operational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p> The basis of the Russian contingent is made up of units of the combined arms army of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation. The Russian military arrived in Belarus on October 9.<\/p>\n<p> In total, more than <strong>1,500 military personnel<\/strong> , more than <strong>300 pieces of weapons, military and special equipment<\/strong> , as well as about <strong>80 drones<\/strong> , are involved in the maneuvers.<\/p>\n<p> The training will last until October 16. Practical episodes will take place at the Losvido and Starodorozhye training grounds.<\/p>\n<p> Within the framework of &#8220;Indestructible Brotherhood-2026&#8221;, CSTO forces will practice preparing and conducting a so-called peacekeeping operation.<\/p>\n<p> During \u201cBarrier-2026,\u201d radiation, chemical, and biological protection formations, as well as medical support, will train to \u201celiminate sources of biological threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The CSTO states that the maneuvers are planned and allegedly not directed against third countries.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CSTO military exercises &#8220;Indestructible Brotherhood-2026&#8221; and &#8220;Barrier-2026&#8221; have started in Belarus, in which Russia and several other allied states are participating. More than 1,500 servicemen and more than 300 pieces of equipment were involved in the maneuvers. This was reported by the CSTO. Military contingents from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan are participating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1305993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1451658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1305993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}