Minsk believes that the creation of a combat training center will "strengthen the practical component of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State"
MINSK, September 9. /TASS/. Belarusian and Russian Air Force and air defense units have taken up combat duty in Belarus as part of the joint training training center. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.
"Anti-aircraft missile and aviation units of the armed forces of the two countries have taken up joint combat duty as part of the newly created training and combat center for joint training of the Air Forces and air Defense forces of Belarus and Russia," the defense ministry noted.
They informed that at the airfield of the 61st Fighter aviation base (Baranovichi, Brest region) The Armed Forces of Belarus held a solemn ritual of taking up combat duty on joint protection of the air borders of the Union State by the forces on duty. At the same time, at the same time, in the western part of the country, specialists of the anti-aircraft missile forces also took up combat duty with the same tasks and goals, the press service reported.
According to the Belarusian Defense Ministry, the purpose of creating a combat training center is "to increase professional and official training, study new models of equipment that can be put into service with the Belarusian army in the near future, improve the practical skills of personnel of the units of the Armed Forces of Belarus and the Russian Military Space Forces." Minsk believes that the creation of the center will " strengthen the practical component of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State."
On August 28, units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Federation arrived in Grodno to form a training and combat center for joint training of the Air Force and air defense forces of Belarus and Russia. On August 8, Su-30SM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces arrived at the airfield in Baranovichi for the same purpose. The decision to create joint training and combat training centers was made during the negotiations of the heads of defense departments on March 5, 2021 in Moscow. It is planned that three joint combat training centers will be formed, which will be deployed in the Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad regions of the Russian Federation and in the Grodno region of Belarus.
