Russia and Belarus conducted a joint strategic exercise in September 2021 that provides essential insight into the evolving capabilities of the Russian and Belarusian militaries. The exercise advanced the Kremlin’s ongoing campaign to cement its control of the Belarusian military.
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Mason Clark, George Barros: Russia’s Zapad-2021 exercise
This handout picture made available by the Russian Defence Ministry on Sept. 13, 2021 shows the "Zapad-2021" joint military drills of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus at the Mulino army base in the Nizhny Novgorod region, some 350 kilometers east of Moscow.
