"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.
‼️🇵🇱🇧🇾 BIG | Poland to deploy 40,000 troops along its borders with Belarus and Russia, deputy defense minister Cezary Tomczyk announced.
The move is linked to the upcoming Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military drills scheduled for September 12–16.
When asked about… pic.twitter.com/7pEMcVgH9A— Visioner (@visionergeo) September 11, 2025
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.
On the other hand, NATO members are also starting their exercises.
Namely, the exercises 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.
Russia will hold the Zapad-2025 exercise with 150,000 troops on the Polish border alongside Belarus. NATO will be on high alert to protect Poland against the possibility of an attack on its eastern flank. Russia will demonstrate its strength against its enemies.— RB.🚀 (@godsonlyheir) September 11, 2025
According to data from social networks, 150,000 soldiers are participating in the military exercise"Zapad - 2025", which is why the NATO army is on full alert, since the exercises are being held near the borders of Poland, which was invaded by drones from Russia three days ago.
Poland closed its borders
Tonight, Poland closed the border with Belarus until further notice and will certainly not open it until the end of the Russian-Belarusian military maneuvers Zapad-2025, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kerwinski announced tonight in Terespol.
"Those maneuvers are directed against Poland and the European Union. We will open the border but only when there are guarantees that we will not be threatened by any provocations, any aggressive behavior. Of course, for the sake of the economy, we will do everything to keep the crossings closed for as short a time as possible," Terespol Kervinjski told reporters at the border crossing tonight.
At Russia's request not to close the border, the minister said that the borders and two road and three railway crossings will remain closed until the end of the Russian-Belarusian military maneuvers" Zapad-2025", which were announced from September 12 to 16, but Western intelligence services warn that Russia may extend them.
