Belarus may have received Iskander system division - Belarusian Hajun project

The information was reported by the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project.

"Judging by the published photos/videos, the Armed Forces of Belarus may have received one division of Iskanders," Hajun believes.

A complex includes a self-propelled launcher, a transport and charging vehicle, a command and control vehicle, a maintenance and service vehicle, an information preparation point, and a life support vehicle.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry reported that the Belarusian military has already begun full independent operation of Iskander systems. The soldiers have been trained in Russia and have carried out practical training at the training grounds of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The units are staffed exclusively by officers, warrant officers, and contract soldiers.

According to the Chief of Missile Forces and Artillery of the Belarusian Armed Forces, the country "has a sufficient stock of missiles for a complex that will allow it to perform any task at a range of up to 500 km." This means that the Belarusian military received the Iskander-M modification (with a radius of damage up to 500 km), which is in service with the Russian Armed Forces, and not, for example, the Iskander-E (an export version with a kill range of up to 280 km).

In the videos published by the Belarusian Defense Ministry, the armbands of the military operating the Iskanders are covered. Hajun indicates that most likely, the complex entered service with the 465th Missile Brigade (military unit 61732, Osipovichi district), which is armed with 3 divisions of Soviet Tochka-U missile systems.

• On January 16, a joint air and tactical exercise of aviation units of the Belarusian and Russian Armed Forces, which are part of the regional grouping of troops, began.
• As of January 18, US intelligence found no evidence of Russian forces preparing an offensive into Ukraine from the territory of Belarus.
• On January 20, the Institute for the Study of War suggested that a Russian offensive into Ukraine from Belarus could be more likely in late 2023.