{"id":278364,"date":"2025-09-15T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/russia-and-belarus-hold-joint-military-drill-as-regional-tensions-rise\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:05:25","slug":"russia-and-belarus-hold-joint-military-drill-as-regional-tensions-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/russia-and-belarus-hold-joint-military-drill-as-regional-tensions-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia and Belarus hold joint military drill as regional tensions rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CMKjVwDQ6y0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Russia and Belarus hold joint military drill as regional tensions rise\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMKjVwDQ6y0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A week after 19 Russian drones entered Polish airspace, Russia and Belarus have conducted a military exercise to rehearse &#8216;a defensive scenario against an imagined western invasion&#8217;.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>During the &#8216;Zapad-2025&#8217; military drills, fighter jets roared overhead, tanks shelled mock wooden houses and drones struck targets, before troops stormed in to raise the Russian and Belarusian flags over a &#8216;liberated&#8217; village in Belarus<\/p>\n<p>Europe live \u2013 latest updates \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/sep\/15\/russia-ukraine-romania-poland-drone-trump-tariffs-europe-live-news-updates<\/p>\n<p>Russian drone incursion into Poland \u2018was Kremlin test on Nato\u2019 \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/14\/russian-drone-incursion-poland-nato-ukraine-europe<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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