Zapad 2009 exercise

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Mordovia, a Zubr-class hovercraft, deploying marines during Zapad-09

The Zapad 2009 (Russian: Запад 2009, lit.'West 2009') exercise was held by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus in Belarus in September 2009. It involved a simulated nuclear attack against Poland and the suppression of an uprising by a Polish minority in Belarus, along with other operations.[1]

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  1. ^ "Intel Brief: Poland On Edge Over Russian Drills". ISN ETH Zurich. 18 November 2009.

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