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Belarus announced on Tuesday that it had begun military exercises along a shared border with Ukraine to assess its territorial forces’ readiness, Belarusian defense officials said.
Training will continue from July 12 to 14, assessing the unit’s readiness for combat missions and testing the commanding abilities of reserve officers, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense said in a telegram post.
The training will take place in the Gomel region, which borders Ukraine, just north of Kyiv.
From July 11th to 15th, individual communications training will be held and will be led by the military communications director.
The Belarusian Ministry of Defense said the training not only assesses the readiness of the local armed forces, but also “solves the problems of building and functioning communication systems.”
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“Tactical and special training with communications forces” will be overseen by the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Major Oleg Mishchenko, Director of Communications.
Military personnel will also be trained in new forms of communication networks for field support during combat.
It was unknown when the training was planned, but it was previously planned according to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense.
The announcement of the latest military exercises near the northern border of Ukraine is just a month after Minsk says its troops have begun combat preparation training, Russia launches missiles on Ukrainian targets from within the Belarusian border. It will take place a few weeks after being allowed to fire.
In early June, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the threat of a ground invasion by Belarus in support of Russia was minimal, but Ukraine “prepared for all the risks of the invasion.”
By late June, after 12 cruise missiles were launched from Russian planes flying over Belarus’ territory, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated that “massive rocket bomb attacks had begun,” Zelensky said in Minsk. Blame Moscow for trying to drag him into the war.
Western defense officials have long said that Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukaschenko, the only European leader to support Moscow, balances the threat of entering the war with unwavering support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. I have evaluated it.
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Faced with massive protests after the 2020 reelection, which many believed to be fraudulent, Lukaschenko faces domestic backlash, international sanctions and Belarusian military resistance when he participates in Putin’s war. There is a possibility.
It is unclear how well Ukraine can avoid a second attack in the north, as the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine continue to be hit by Russian troops.
Ukrainian officials have indicated plans to counter Russian troops in the southern region by launching a “million-strong” resistance force equipped with modern Western weapons.
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“Our army has about 700,000 people, including the National Guard, police and border guards, to about one million,” Defense Minister Olexi Reznikov told The Times on Sunday.
Ukraine urged civilians in the southern region to evacuate as soon as possible prior to the counterattack.