The exercises will be held from 10 to 20 February
MOSCOW, January 19. /tass/. The first units of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State have arrived in Belarus. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"The first units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation involved in the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State are arriving in the Republic of Belarus. The units of the Eastern Military District involved in the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State, with regular equipment and weapons, marched in a combined way on their own and by rail to unfamiliar training grounds to places where training tasks are performed on the territory of the Republic of Belarus," the military department said.
According to the ministry, the inspection will take place in two stages. At the first stage, by February 9, the redeployment and creation of groups of troops on the territory of Belarus will be carried out as soon as possible, the protection and defense of important state and military facilities, the protection of the state border in the airspace will be organized.
There will also be a check of the readiness and ability of the forces and means on duty for air defense to perform tasks to cover important objects on the territory of the republic. "During the second stage of the inspection, a joint exercise "Allied Resolve - 2022" will be held from February 10 to 20, within the framework of which issues of suppressing and repelling external aggression, as well as countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State will be worked out," the military department stressed.
According to the Ministry of Defense, during the exercises, measures will be taken to strengthen the protection of the state border to prevent the penetration of armed groups of militants, to block the channels of delivery of weapons and ammunition, as well as to search, block, destroy illegal armed formations and sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the enemy.
Exercise areas
According to the military department, the practical actions of the troops will take place at the Domanovsky, Gozhsky, Obuz-Lesnovsky, Brest and Osipovichsky ranges, as well as certain areas of the terrain. It is planned to use the airfields of Baranovichi, Luninets, Lida and Machulishchi.
"The number of military personnel and equipment involved in the exercises falling under the Vienna Document of 2011 does not exceed the parameters defined by it, which are subject to notification," the ministry added.
