Russia and Belarus on Tuesday began a «joint training session» of their joint regional forces ahead of maneuvers to be held by the two armies in Russia in September, the Belarusian Defense Ministry announced, amid tensions over the invasion of Ukraine.
«The Armed Forces of Belarus have started today a joint training session of the Joint Command of regional groups,» it said in a statement published through its Telegram account, in which it stressed that «for a week, representatives of the military departments of both states will work on joint planning issues on the use of troops based on the experience in armed conflicts over the past few years.»
Thus, he stressed that «these complex measures of joint operational training are aimed at increasing compatibility between the military command and control bodies of the two states as a phase of preparations for the joint maneuvers Union Shield 2023, which will be held in September 2023 on the territory of Russia.»
Moscow and Minsk want to improve the coordination of their respective forces, although both sides have rejected that the Belarusian Army will be directly involved in the offensive on Ukraine, despite the fact that the territory of Belarus has already served as a base for operations. Ukraine, in fact, considers Belarus as a party to the conflict and fears that Minsk is looking for some kind of excuse to intervene openly.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
