Northwestern Operational Command
Identification
This record matches Belarus’s Northwestern Operational Command (SZOK), one of the Belarusian Ground Forces’ two operational commands. A 2024 CAST order-of-battle study describes SZOK as roughly corps-sized, and official Belarusian MoD reporting places command activity and officer integration in the Borisov garrison, which fits the provided location metadata. ([cast.ru](https://cast.ru/upload/iblock/23f/23f1ca6f13cdecf505dc27bcd93270df.pdf))
Command
The supplied commander field is outdated. On July 17, 2024, Alexander Naumenko was appointed deputy defense minister and Alexander Bas was appointed commander of SZOK; subsequent official Belarusian MoD posts continue to identify Major General Alexander Bas as commander. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/21387377))
Force package
Open sources consistently associate SZOK with the 19th and 120th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigades as its principal maneuver formations. The same CAST study lists the 231st artillery brigade and support elements including the 7th engineer regiment, 60th separate communications regiment, 110th logistics regiment, and 10th EW battalion; recent official MoD reporting independently confirms activity by the 7th engineer regiment and the 60th separate communications regiment under SZOK. ([cast.ru](https://cast.ru/upload/iblock/23f/23f1ca6f13cdecf505dc27bcd93270df.pdf))
Key training site
The 227th Combined-Arms Training Ground is a key SZOK training facility in the Borisov area. Official Belarusian MoD reporting shows repeated 120th Brigade live-fire and combat-training events there, and the range also hosted a key practical phase of Zapad-2025 featuring UAVs, FPV drones, tank fire from closed positions, ATGM launches, and organic air-defense tasks. ([t.me](https://t.me/s/modmilby/36608))
Readiness focus
Recent official reporting shows continuing command-level readiness checks of both core mechanized formations: the 120th Brigade underwent a comprehensive inspection under the SZOK commander with events at Uruche and the 227th range, and in early 2026 one SZOK mechanized brigade—reported through the 19th Brigade’s training area—was suddenly brought to combat readiness for march and live-fire evaluation. Official command-post exercise reporting also emphasizes movement of command posts, UAV-enabled reconnaissance, air-defense against air attack, and anti-sabotage actions. ([t.me](https://t.me/s/modmilby?before=50995))
Verification limits
Accessible open sources strongly confirm the command’s identity, Borisov focus, current commander, the 19th/120th brigade linkage, the 227th range, and selected support units. I did not find equally strong public confirmation for every placemark-level equipment note or every unit-number/subunit pairing in the supplied metadata, so those specifics should be treated as unverified here. ([t.me](https://t.me/s/modmilby/41219))