{"id":7093,"date":"2025-09-12T18:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/russia-belarus-drills-begin-as-tensions-high-after-drone-incursion-in-poland\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:34:18","slug":"russia-belarus-drills-begin-as-tensions-high-after-drone-incursion-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/russia-belarus-drills-begin-as-tensions-high-after-drone-incursion-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Belarus drills begin as tensions high after drone incursion in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thousands of troops are taking part in a joint military exercise between Russia and Belarus, as tensions with the EU run high following a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The Zapad joint military exercise which began on Friday will involve drills in both Russia and Belarus as well as in the Baltic and Barents seas, the Russian defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

Belarusian defence officials initially said about 13,000 troops would participate in the drill, but in May, its defence ministry said that would be cut nearly in half.<\/p>\n

It comes just two days after Poland, with support from its NATO<\/strong> allies, shot down Russian drones<\/strong> over its airspace.<\/p>\n

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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday morning hit back at a suggestion by US President Donald Trump <\/strong>on Thursday that the incursion may have been a “mistake”.<\/p>\n

He said in a post on X<\/strong>: “We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And we know it.”<\/p>\n

Russia said its forces had been attacking Ukraine at the time of the incursions and that it had not intended to hit any targets in Poland.<\/p>\n

Friday also saw Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper travelling to Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on the same day the UK announced fresh sanctions against Moscow.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry was also in Kyiv <\/strong>for a surprise visit <\/strong>to help with the recovery of military personnel seriously injured in the three-year war with Russia.<\/p>\n

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Ms Cooper, who was appointed foreign secretary last week, posted about her visit on X saying: “The UK’s support for Ukraine is steadfast. I am pleased to be in Kyiv on my first visit as Foreign Secretary.”<\/p>\n

The UK’s new sanctions include bans on 70 vessels that Britain says are part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that transports Russian oil in defiance of sanctions already in place.<\/p>\n

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Some 30 individuals and companies – including Chinese and Turkey-based firms – have also been sanctioned for their part in supplying Russia with electronics, chemicals, explosives and other weapons components.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile on the frontline, Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s oil-loading Primorsk port overnight, an SBU official said.<\/p>\n

The attack caused fires and suspended oil-loading operations, the official added.<\/p>\n

Russian defence systems also intercepted and destroyed 221 Ukrainian drones overnight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thousands of troops are taking part in a joint military exercise between Russia and Belarus, as tensions with the EU run high following a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace earlier this week. The Zapad joint military exercise which began on Friday will involve drills in both Russia and Belarus as well as in the…<\/p>\n

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