Russian military drills in Belarus

Russia has begun moving troops and equipment to Belarus for joint military exercises, adding to concerns in the west over a possible plan by Moscow to invade neighbouring Ukraine


LATVIA
LITHUANIA
Gozhsky
POLAND
100km 60 miles
BELARUS
Minsk
Lida 
Machulishchi
Baranovichi
Osipovichi
Obuz-Lesnovsky
Domanovo 
Brest
Gomel
Luninets
Chernobyl exclusion zone
Zhitomir
Chernigov
Dnieper River
Kiev 
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
Smolensk


RUSSIAN FORCES

Troops: Between seven and 10 battalion tactical groups (BTGs) recently moved from Russia’s Eastern Military District to Belarus. Typical BTG has 700-900 personnel

Aircraft: 12 Su-35 fighter jets

Air defence
Two S-400 mobile surface-to-air missile battalions, one Pantsir missile/gun battalion

Other equipment
Trains transporting BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and BM-27 220mm multiple rocket launchers reportedly spotted in Minsk and Gomel


Joint military exercise “Allied Resolve 2022”

Training grounds 	Airfields

Russian forces in Belarus would be much closer to Kiev – distance from there to Belarus border is less than 100km at its closest point. Multiple rocket launchers could strike targets near Kiev without entering Ukraine

Pantsir-S1


Sources: Reuters, Medium, TASS
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