Belarusian Armed Forces
Sign in to saveAlso known as Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, URB, VRB, mil Belarus, military of Belarus, Armed Forces of Belarus
combined military forces of Belarus
Key facts
- Service branches
- Ground Forces Air Force and Air Defense Forces Special Operations Forces Territorial Defense Forces Transport Forces
- Headquarters
- Defense Ministry , Minsk , Belarus
- Website
- www .mil .by
- President
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Minister of defense
- Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin
- Chief of the general staff
- Major General Pavel Muraveiko
- Conscription
- Yes
- Active personnel
- 48,600 (2025)
- Reserve personnel
- 289,500 (2025)
- Budget
- US$1.19 billion (2024)
- Percent of gdp
- 2.07% (2024)
- Domestic suppliers
- Belarusian Plant of Precision Electromechanic, Kalashnikov
- Foreign suppliers
- Iran , China , Russia , Poland (1991–1995)
- Ranks
- Military ranks of Belarus
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Map showing main military units of the Belarusian Armed Forces Ground Forces Air and Air Defence Forces Special Forces Transport Troops
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are the military forces of Belarus. They consist of the Ground Forces and the Air Force and Air Defence Forces, all under the command of the Ministry of Defence. As a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy; however, the Belarusian military does have control over some small Soviet inherited naval vessels in its rivers and lakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belarusian Armed Forces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.