MOSCOW, January 25 - RIA Novosti. The weapons and military equipment of the gunners of the Russian Eastern Military District and the marines of the Pacific Fleet involved in the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State have arrived in Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
It is noted that after unloading, the personnel will march on regular equipment to the specified areas, where they will carry out engineering equipment of command posts, field camps and parks of combat vehicles.
The servicemen involved in the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State will have to perform a number of training tasks at unfamiliar training grounds in Belarus.
The verification will take place in two stages. During the first, by February 9, the redeployment and creation of groups of troops on the territory of Belarus in the shortest possible time, the organization of protection and defense of important state and military facilities, the protection of the state border in the airspace, the readiness and ability of the air defense forces and means on duty to perform tasks to cover important objects on the Belarusian territory will take place.
During the second stage, from February 10 to 20, a joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022" will be held, within the framework of which the military will work out the suppression and reflection of external aggression, as well as countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State.
During the exercise, 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.
The practical actions of the troops (forces) will take place at the ranges "Domanovsky", "Gozhsky", "Obuz-Lesnovsky", "Brest" and "Osipovichsky", as well as individual areas of the terrain. It is planned to use the airfields "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.