Belarus hosts Moscow's military show - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD

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Russia and Belarus are staging Zapad 2025, their flagship joint military exercises, at a time when Moscow’s forces remain bogged down in Ukraine. The drills are meant as both training and theatre, with African and Indian troops joining for the first time to give the Kremlin global optics. For Vladimir Putin, Zapad is less about readiness and more about projecting strength to NATO and his domestic audience. But beneath the pageantry, the exercises risk exposing Russia’s military weakness. On this episode, we break down why Zapad 2025 is more show than substance.

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