Ministry of Defense of Russia: The joint strategic exercises have started

"On September 12 of this year, the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation 'West-2025' was launched," the report states.

As noted, the exercise will be the final stage of the joint training of the armed forces of the two countries in 2025, RIA Novosti reports.

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On the other hand, NATO members are also starting their exercises.

Namely, the exercises to be held from September 12 to 16 include ten Northern European NATO member countries, while Lithuania and Poland are conducting their national defense exercises.

This year, Poland is conducting "Iron Defender-25", with 30,000 soldiers involved in defense simulations, while Lithuania is holding the "Thunder Strike" exercise, focused on the readiness of its own forces in case of crisis situations.