Belarus is stepping up military activity over the country across the country amid continuing to deteriorate relations with neighboring countries and NATO. Hundreds of videos are circulating on social media showing the movement of heavy military vehicles and troops. Numerous witnesses report the movement of military convoys and trains loaded with large amounts of military […]

A Russian BTR-80 armoured personnel carrier drove over a Chevrolet Lacetti on a public road on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Russian media on Feb 11, reported that a BTR-80 assigned to the National Guard of the Russian Federation, better known as Rosgvardiya, was unable to stop in time and crushed the car in the […]

Ukrainian state-owned defense industrial group UkrOboronProm on 27 November announced that its owned subsidiary SE “Mykolayiv Armoured Plant” handed over the next batch of repaired and upgraded BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The Mykolayiv Armoured Plant’s specialists overhauled the Soviet-era armored personnel carriers, restored all components and units, as well as […]

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The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus announced on 24 August that Armed Forces will receive a batch of modern BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers from Russia. The Belarusian Armed Forces have signed agreements with the Russian Military-Industrial Company (VPK) to deliver BTR-82As, the republic’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday. The document was signed […]

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