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During the classes the officers were informed about how mechanized infantry units can interact effectively with artillery units, unmanned aviation, and army engineers. Close attention was paid to planting and traversing mixed minefields.

“The purpose of the exercise is to practice evacuation and emergency medical support for a separate mechanized brigade during defense operations,” the Defense Ministry stressed.

An exercise designed to check the readiness of Minsk Oblast territorial defense has been in progress in Borisov District since 20 March under the guidance of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus Viktor Gulevich.

Belarus, despite all of Russia’s attempts to somehow lure it into the war against Ukraine, remains at least nominally neutral in the conflict. However, Moscow’s pressure is still strong on Minsk, and a number of reasons demonstrate that, each month, the Belarusian army is preparing for potential military actions. This is due both to the purchase of new military equipment …

The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has signed decrees today envisaging personnel shuffle in the Armed Forces, the Belarusian...

Colonel Vladimir Bely was appointed Commander of the Western Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Belarus. He was relieved of his duties as Chief of the General Staff Faculty, Deputy Chief of the educational institution Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus.

The Belarusian army faced an acute shortage of officers.

The units will have to carry out a number of combat training missions in military training areas and other locations. Once preparations are over, the personnel will practice the entire range of tasks involved in supplying the troops with the necessary reserves of material supplies.

The material support units of the 11th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Western Operational Command continue to be put on alert – as reported...

As part of the efforts to fulfill the Belarus president's instructions one stage of the comprehensive inspection of the combat readiness and of the state of weapons and military hardware of the Belarusian army took place on 25 January.