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- Belarus redeployed troops for a four-day command-and-staff exercise near Poland and Lithuania.
- The drills run from September 15 to September 18, 2026.
- Chief of the General Staff Pavel Muraveiko leads the Western Operational Command drills near the 104-km Suwalki Corridor.
- Belarusian forces practice border security, martial-law operations, sabotage countermeasures and drone interception.
- Belarus released 25 political prisoners in exchange for easing U.S. sanctions.