The Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday that U.S. military officials observed Russia-Belarus joint war games on Monday, marking the first such participation since Moscow ’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

On Monday, Reuters and other news organisations photographed U.S. military officials in Belarus attending the “Zapad-2025” drills along with observers from other countries. Belarus is a staunch Russian ally and served as a staging ground for Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov also attended the drills in Belarus.

“The U.S. Embassy in Minsk, Belarus, received an invitation for our Defence Attache to attend the ZAPAD-2025 military exercise in Belarus as part of the Distinguished Visitor (DV) Day, and we accepted the invitation in light of r

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