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Versatility-driven Minsk focuses on made-in-Belarus arms

The Belarusian government's pro-Russian narrative is starting to grate with its arms procurement projects, which are geared towards building autonomy and more intended to guard against aggression similar to Moscow's offensive in Ukraine than to fight NATO. [...] (569 words)

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