While U.S. officials say Russia is being supplied by the Iranians, both sides are also relying heavily on their own domestic production of heavily weaponized and surveillance-oriented drones.
The Lukashenko government said it intends to make the fighters the core of a “contract army” to help upgrade Belarus’ military capabilities.
Leaders of the two NATO nations said early this month that they are braced for provocations from Moscow and Minsk in a sensitive area where both countries border Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Two Belarusian helicopters flew briefly at low altitude into Polish airspace, but Belarusian authorities denied their helicopters entered Poland.
Mr. Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, claimed victory in a widely discredited election in 2020. After the announced result set off massive popular demonstrations and international criticism, the government cracked down on top opposition figures and regime critics.
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