Belarus's ruling party has been accused of using its special forces to assassinate opposition leaders.

[9] In the early 1990s, the military and political leadership of Belarus faced the question of the further fate of the legacy of the Soviet Army.

[10] Some leaders, proceeding from supposedly pacifist considerations, proposed a radical solution dismantling the airborne forces.

[12] The 38th and 103rd Brigades received the relatively new Russian-made 2B23 Nona-M1 towed 120 mm mortar in 2017,[13] of which they fielded a total of eighteen by 2022.

On August 11, Hienadz Shutau was shot in Brest by captain Roman Gavrilov of 5th Spetsnaz Brigade.

At the court session, it was revealed that the use of army officers in civil operation was authorized by SSO commander Major General Vadim Denisenko.

[15] The flag of the special operations forces is a rectangular cloth of blue color with a green stripe in the lower part.