r/CredibleDefense • u/AutoModerator • 15d ago

Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 25, 2025

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u/IntroductionNeat2746 15d ago edited 15d ago

Are there any recent updates regarding the involvement of Belarus in the conflict? Are they still supplying ammo and equipment? Has Luka spoken about the conflict lately?

Also, are NK troops still directly fighting in Ukraine? Are they only used inside Russia?

Edit: why on earth would someone downvote me?

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u/MaverickTopGun 15d ago

Russia recently put the Oreshnik, which is hardly a mature technology, in Belarus. It's largely posturing and I think means very little.

Otherwise, I think it's still being used as a "safe" training / staging ground for new troops: https://militarnyi.com/en/news/for-the-second-time-in-a-year-russia-has-deployed-the-71st-division-s-units-to-belarus-what-kind-of-unit-is-it/

Biggest development lately is Iran and Belarus strengthening ties. Hard to tell what this means and how significant it is since Belarus is effectively a Russian vassal state and Russia recently left Iran hanging in their war against Israel.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM 14d ago

Belarus is not 100% a "vasal", it's just extremely economically reliant on Russia because it still has a soviet style industry-heavy economy that depends on cheap Russian ressources + cultural/historical ties. I t has also acted as a diplomatic third party for Russia.