The first batch of Russia's BTR-82A armored personnel carriers has arrived in Belarus, most of the new vehicles will enter service with the 120th mechanized infantry brigade, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Thursday

Minsk agreed with Moscow on deliveries of battalion sets of armored personnel carriers and the first batch of four MI-35 helicopters to Belarus, and signed an interaction plan with Almaz-Antey on deliveries of modern air defense systems through 2025, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Monday

On Thursday, the world marks 70 years since the test of the first Soviet nuclear bomb at the Semipalatinsk test site.</p><p>On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb, RDS-1