Belarus boosts military readiness with drills, treaty with Russia, and reviews ties amid Western tensions

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has ordered military readiness checks, personally inspected armed forces, and signed decrees on military ranks and domestic ammunition production. Concurrently, Belarus held military drills and signed a security treaty with Russia, while announcing it will review military ties and opposes Western troops near its border. These actions represent a coordinated domestic and bilateral military posture shift.