Russian troops are coming to ‘war readiness’ maneuvers

Relations between Belarus and Western countries Likely to extend a little more. The Belarusian government said on Tuesday that the troops
Russian It was coming to its limits to carry out “operational readiness and combat” exercises.

The maneuvers will take place in two stages: first, now and between February 9, sending Russian troops and Belarusians Towards “threatened areas”, protection of state and military infrastructure, protection of the airspace. Then, from February 10 to 20, real maneuvers are to take place at several military bases in Belarus, dubbed the “Decision of the Union 2022”, signifying the Russian-Belarusian alliance.

The entire train was loaded with military equipment

The Belarusian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the exercises were taking place “due to the continuing escalating tensions in Europe, especially in the western and southern borders of Belarus, as the political-military situation in the world worsens”. The day before, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko In Poland and the Baltic countries, he justified these exercises by strengthening the NATO system on his borders.
Situation in Ukraine.

Russian users on Monday released videos of entire trains loaded with military equipment, armored vehicles and other vehicles crossing the border into western Russia.

The number of troops stationed has not yet been determined. He added that these were “undeveloped” Russian-Belarusian maneuvers, but their size was not specified, especially to neighboring countries such as Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Ukraine.