Geopolitics
45,000 Russian Troops Already Stationed Across Belarus with Modern Equipment
Alexander Mercouris
Russian Warship Warns Off German Ship Russia Defends Belarus Baltic Tensions Soar; Medvedev In Iran
"According to this source, there are around 45,000 Russian troops in Belarus already and they are dispersed across the entire country. The Belarus army has been heavily re-equipped by the Russians in order to bring it up to modern standards to contemporary Russian standards. And I've also been told that though the Belarus army, the standing army is quite small and that the men who are in uniform, the ground troops perhaps number around 20,000, Belarus does have a well-organized system for calling up reservists. If there ever were a Ukrainian advance or a NATO advance into Belarus, the numbers of men might increase would increase very quickly to well over a 100,000."
A reliable non-Russian source reports that 45,000 Russian troops are dispersed throughout Belarus, involved in training and hardening military infrastructure. Belarus's military has been extensively re-equipped with modern Russian equipment, contradicting claims it operates obsolescent Soviet-era hardware. Belarus has mobilization plans to field over 100,000 troops if attacked. This follows Putin and Lukashenko's two-day meeting and threats from Zelensky against Belarus.
From this episode
Alexander Mercouris