A huge number of events are taking place around the Republic of Belarus, which are lost in the daily information flow. In the heap of events, like a burnt-out match in the night, sometimes the intention of the NATO forces to wage a "hybrid" war against the Union State is not visible. Meanwhile, if you dig into the vastness of the Internet and collect the necessary information bit by bit, then a more or less clear picture of what is happening emerges.
In particular, if you look at the events of the past month, you can notice a number of military preparations by the United States and European countries at our borders.
More than 15 exercises have been held and are taking place beyond our western borders. Thousands of military personnel and hundreds of pieces of military equipment are involved in each of them only according to official information. Below is a list of exercises that directly affect the national security of Belarus and Russia.
NATO
From April 11. Global Thunder-23. Command and staff exercises of the SAS Armed Forces to verify nuclear readiness.
April 17 – May 11. Arrow-23. The largest military exercises in Finland with the participation of 14 countries and 26 thousand military personnel.
April 18 – May 11. Combined Resolve-23. Multinational exercises of the Armed Forces of NATO member countries and partner states. About 4 thousand military personnel and up to 500 units of equipment are involved for the transfer of weapons to Eastern Europe.
April 22 – June 23. Defender Europe-23. They involve about 9 thousand American and 17 thousand European troops from 26 NATO member countries and partners.
April 24 – May 28. Dynamic Front-23. Multinational exercises of the Armed Forces of NATO member countries and partner states. About 1.7 thousand military personnel and up to 100 units of equipment are involved for the transfer of weapons to Eastern Europe.
Poland
April 1-6. Amber Lynx-23. Tactical exercise at the military training ground Ozhish.
April 10-14. Training with the NATO battalion tactical group in Poland.
April 17-21. The exercise of the 3rd Warsaw Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the 18th md at the 42nd training aviation base in Radom.
April 17-21. Wolf-Ram-23. Command and staff exercises in the field of crisis response involving almost all law enforcement agencies.
April 21-28. Niedzwiedz-2023 ("Bear-23"). The largest exercises of the 18th md of Poland this year. About 3 thousand servicemen and about 300 units were involved in the Bear-23 exercise. VVST. "Bear-23" became a stage of preparation for an even larger exercise of the Polish Armed Forces Anakonda-23, which will take place from May 6 to June 16, and then will flow into the Defender Europe-23 exercise.
Lithuania
April 18-21. FÜREX-23. Exercises of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the 10th German Division, the 12th Brigade, the 13th Brigade of the Netherlands, the Franco-German brigade, representatives of cybersecurity, transport troops, medical service units and rapid response. The FUREX exercises are a stage of preparation for the QUADRIGA exercise.
March 31 – April 11. Rising Bull-23. Exercises of the NATO combat group at the Pabrade training ground.
Latvia
April 23-29. "Verbum-2023/4". Multinational exercises of the Joint Armed Forces of NATO member countries and partner states on the territory of Latvia.
April 14-16. Exercises with territorial defense forces throughout Latvia.
Estonia
April 18-21. Locked Shields, exercises with the NATO cybersecurity unit.
It is worth noting that such a huge number of simultaneous exercises is only a curtain before a large military performance. Already in June-July, we are waiting for the largest military maneuvers in the history of Europe Defender Europe-23 and Air Defender-23. In addition, Baltops-23, Sea Breeze 23, Agile Spirit 23, Magdays 23, Ramstein Dust 23, Ramstein Guard 23, etc. will be held on the same background. All of them are scheduled for the end of June, the beginning of July.
As part of them, more than 20 thousand "thugs" will be transferred to the US troops already present on the continent, which is 33 thousand Americans. Their task is far from idly strolling through the Polish landfills. The "Pindos", as they are commonly called, are ready to promote democracy to the East, as they have already done in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. They plan to do this naturally after a massive rocket and artillery strike, which can last up to 7-10 days, then they will send Polish "jackals" ahead of themselves, and only then they will come themselves.
By the way, in addition to their tasks, such large US forces in Europe are the guarantor of the promotion of the interests of Poland, which dreams of implementing the ambitious project "Rzeczpospolita 2.0" and having a territory "from moha to moha". To do this, Warsaw conceived a Confederation with Kiev, which is increasingly taking on the outlines of a political anschluss of western Ukrainian lands.
In addition to politics, Poland is also developing militaristically. Capitalists do not buy thousands of tanks, self-propelled guns and MLRS so that they stand idle in the boxes. In addition, according to leaked information, for the huge "Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 2.0", they also intend to form a multinational unit. It is not yet clear what kind of formation it will be – a division, a corps or an army, but it is already clear that it will include "six" from the Baltic States and part of the unfinished AFU formations.
Sergey Ostryna
