Belarus constructing secret military base Mateusz Mitkow 11.09.2025 14:06 DrukujPDFBelarusPhoto. Marc Veraart/Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0 FacebookTwitterLinkedInCopy linkSend email Satellite images reveal that in the southern part of Belarus, just 60 km from Minsk, construction of a new military base is underway. It cannot be excluded that the new base could serve purposes related to nuclear weapons, making use of former Soviet-era structures. It is worth recalling that the area where the new base is being built once played a strategic role. Russia is constructing a large-scale signals intelligence hub near Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad, less than 100 kilometers from Poland and Lithuania, United24 Media reports.