MOSCOW, 18 February (BelTA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko are set to take part in the events of military cooperation on 19 February. The Russian leader said this at a meeting with the Belarusian head of state in Moscow on 18 February, BelTA has learned.
“We will talk over the regional situation and assess our military cooperation. Military exercises are now in an active phase. Tomorrow we will oversee one of these military cooperation events,” Vladimir Putin said.
On 17 February, Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he plans to take part in military events together with his Russian counterpart on Saturday. After getting familiar with the course of the Belarusian-Russian exercise Allied Resolve 2022 at the Osipovichsky training ground, the head of state told the media: “Yesterday at 13h00, we had a phone conversation with President Putin, discussed our schedule for Friday-Saturday, because our exercise will still be in progress on Saturday. The Russian side will inform you what site we will visit to review the exercise," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense earlier reported that on 19 February Vladimir Putin would oversee strategic deterrence force exercises with ballistic and cruise missile launches. The ministry specified that the exercise was planned to test the readiness of military command authorities, combat launch teams, crews of warships and strategic missile carriers, and also the reliability of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear weapons.
