Belarusian-Russian military cooperation

News came from Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev, Chief of Russian Air Force, on August 11.

The base will be needed not for defense but for the demonstration of force to NATO member states, experts reckon.

Russia's envoy in Minsk Alexander Surikov says Russia needs to find new manufacturers of military equipment due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Dozens of planes, helicopters, over a hundred armoured vehicles. This has been informed by Ukrainian expert Dmytro Tymchuk.

PM Mikhail Myasnikovich met him in the airport.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Minsk at the invitation of Aliaksandr Lukashenka.

Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dzmitry Mironchyk refutes reports about the sales of military equipment to Iraq.

Army commandos from the three Eurasian Economic Union member states take part in shooting competitions organized at a local firing ground.

Belarusian Ministry of Defense declines to comment on the reports about the plans to deploy Russian strategic bombers at airfields in Belarus.