Editing Union State (section)

===Military===
On 10 February 2009, Russia and Belarus implemented the first stage of joint military officer training programs designed to integrate the military structures of the countries. This military collective is called the Regional Forces Group of Belarus and Russia (RGF). The goal of these operations is to ensure cohesive training, practice and implementation of military interests for the nations, and were aimed at strategic and battle training taking place in February and March 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Link to joint military training |url=http://soyuz.by/en/?guid=55832 |work=Union State Website |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=21 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814222700/http://soyuz.by/en/?guid=55832 |archive-date=14 August 2009 }}</ref> Furthermore, the military doctrine of the Russian Federation provides that "an armed attack on the state-participant in the Union State, as well as all other actions involving the use of military force against it," should be deemed "an act of aggression against the Union State", authorizing Moscow to "take measures in response".<ref>{{cite news |title=Union State of Russia and Belarus: a military union? |url=http://windowonheartland.blogspot.com/2012/01/union-state-of-russia-and-belarus.html |work=Window on Heartland |date=14 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108110022/http://windowonheartland.blogspot.com/2012/01/union-state-of-russia-and-belarus.html |archive-date=8 January 2016 }}</ref> On 6 December 2024, Russia and Belarus signed a treaty about mutual security guarantees. The treaty was ratified by Russia on 28 February 2025 and by Belarus on 4 March 2025.<ref>{{cite web | title=Russia ratifies treaty with Belarus on security guarantees | website=TASS | date=2025-02-28 | url=https://tass.com/defense/1920757 | ref={{sfnref|TASS|2025}} | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Aleksandr Lukashenko signs Belarus-Russia security treaty into law | website=president.gov.by | url=https://president.gov.by/en/events/belarus-ratificirovala-dogovor-s-rossiej-o-garantiah-bezopasnosti-1741168850 | ref={{sfnref|president.gov.by}} | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref> The accord entered into force on 13 March 2025.<ref>{{cite web | title=Joint news conference with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko | website=President of Russia | date=2025-03-13 | url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76450 | ref={{sfnref|President of Russia|2025}} | access-date=2025-03-16}}</ref>