MINSK, 11 February (BelTA) – The Allied Resolve exercise practiced eliminating an illegal armed group, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry.
"A mechanized battalion of the Russian Armed Forces with reinforcements blocked an illegal armed group at the Brestsky training ground in Belarus. Together with the Belarusian paratroopers, the group was destroyed," the Defense Ministry said.
The Belarusian-Russian army exercise Allied Resolve 2022 will be held during the second stage of checking the response forces of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 10-20 February. Units of Belarus' Armed Forces and units of the Eastern Military District of Russia's Armed Forces will practice suppressing and repelling external aggression in the course of a defensive operation, countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State.
In addition to the military training area Brestsky the troops use the training areas Domanovsky, Gozhsky, Obuz-Lesnovsky, and Osipovichsky. There are plans to use the airfields Baranovichi, Luninets, Lida, and Machulishchi. The number of military personnel and the amount of military hardware deployed for the exercise covered by the 2011 Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures do not exceed the thresholds that require notification.
According to the Defense Ministry, more than 150 journalists representing Belarusian, Russian and foreign mass media have been accredited to cover the exercise. For the first time, Belarusian bloggers and public opinion leaders have been invited to report on the drills.
