Belarus’s Ministry of Defense has signed a deal to receive unspecified “modern ammunition” from Russia’s sanctioned Imperial Tula Arms Plant.
The ministry announced the deal in a Facebook post today as Belarus hosts the MILEX-2025 international defense exhibition in Minsk.
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The official website for MILEX-2025 says the exhibition hosts representative delegations from more than 20 different countries to showcase products from Belarus’s defense industry, including armored vehicles, artillery systems, anti-aircraft systems and other systems.
The Imperial Tula Arms Plant has been under international sanctions since 2014, and is best known for producing anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) such as the Kornet and the Kornkurs-M, according to the Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi.
The Tula plant’s history could be traced back to the days of the Russian Empire, when Tsar Peter I founded the plant in 1712. The plant also manufactures small arms such as the Val and Vintorez rifles used by Russian special forces.
However, the specific type of munition Minsk will receive from the Tula plant remains unclear.
In March, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko also announced that his country would begin the manufacture of Iranian-designed Shahed drones in cooperation with Tehran.
Shahed drones have been used against Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
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While Minsk and Moscow have maintained close ties since the fall of the USSR, their military cooperation has deepened significantly since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Last week, Belarus announced the deployment of military personnel to Russia for advanced training. The country also hosts part of Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal, whose locations were recently identified in March.
Belarus was used as a launch pad for Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.