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Shkruar nga PamfletiThe main phase of the maneuvers, according to Moscow, involved the massive use of drones, ground robotic systems and electronic warfare, as well as attacks by armored vehicles. Anti-aircraft guns, precision-guided munitions and modern means of counter-battery warfare were also used.
As Donald Trump arrives for a visit to the other side of the Atlantic of the free world, Vladimir Putin dons his military uniform and takes part in the last day of joint military exercises between Russia and Belarus, called “Zapad,” which means “West.” “There are 100,000 soldiers who have taken part,” the tsar announced in the Russian region of Nizhny Novgorod, where part of the 41 operations that have put NATO on alert took place.
It is the next threat to the West, in which soldiers from about fifty other countries, including India and Iran, also participated. The Russian president emphasized "the use of 10,000 weapons systems, but for defensive purposes, to test the defense of the Russian-Belarusian union from any aggression, using the experience of the special operation in Ukraine."
The Zapad exercises are held every two years. The 2021 ones served as a dress rehearsal for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This time, the organization fell to Minsk, and therefore even closer to the NATO border. Belarusian President Lukashenko declared: "We also tested tactical nuclear weapons. But we will act only if we are attacked." Senior officials in Minsk and Moscow, who this time also invited Western journalists, added that they have perfected the functioning of the new Russian hypersonic Oreshnik missiles, which debuted last November during the brutal aggression against Ukraine.
The main phase of the maneuvers, according to Moscow, included the massive use of drones, ground robotic systems and electronic warfare, as well as attacks by armored vehicles. Anti-aircraft guns, precision-guided munitions and modern means of counter-battery warfare were also used. Minsk's military said it had tested its Zircon hypersonic missile from a frigate in the Barents Sea.
According to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, “Zapad 2025” is designed to simulate the occupation of the Suwalki Corridor, an area on the Polish border that provides the shortest access point to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. If captured, it would isolate the three Baltic states from other NATO territory.
Meanwhile, Trump arrived in London last night and then moved to Windsor Castle, where he will be hosted for two nights by King Charles, "my friend and an elegant gentleman", before Thursday's bilateral meeting with Starmer at Chequers, the British prime minister's residence. It is the second historic state visit for the US president to the United Kingdom. But before leaving, he did not seem softened by the honor paid by the Royal Family and Starmer: "To end this war, Ukraine will have to make concessions", Donald repeated, "and Europe must stop buying oil from Russia".
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded immediately: "I just had a good conversation with Trump on strengthening our joint efforts to increase economic pressure on Russia. The Commission will soon present the 19th sanctions package and propose accelerating the gradual elimination of Russian fossil fuel imports"/ La Repubblica
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