The Armed Forces of Baltic and Eastern European States

... 6 and 18 months, depending on the conscript’s level of education. The Armed Forces of Belarus have not been engaged in combat operations. Belarussian soldiers were deployed as part of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and the OSCE mission in Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Belarus are made up of 48,000 soldiers in active service and 289,500 in reserve, including: The Army 16,500; the Air Force and Air Defence Forces — 15,000; Special Operations Forces — 6000; other central command forces — 10,500; reservists — 289,...