Belarus has launched surprise military drills aimed at checking the combat readiness of its forces. The country’s defense ministry made the announcement on its Telegram channel on Wednesday, emphasizing that the exercise is not directed against any nation.
According to the statement, the drills’ objective is to assess the troops’ readiness to respond to “crisis situations” in a swift manner. The soldiers involved in the exercise will have to operate in unfamiliar areas in a “rapidly changing environment.”
The scope of the drills will incrementally increase, allowing Minsk to check its military capabilities both against “threats on the ground as well as in the air,” the ministry noted. On top of that, special emphasis will be placed on material support and logistics.
In its Telegram post, the Belarusian defense ministry described this kind of military exercise as “one of the most effective ways of training troops,” emphasizing at the same time that the drills “pose no threat to either the European community in general, or the neighboring countries in particular.”
The statement, however, did warn Belarusian citizens of possible traffic congestion due to the movement of a “considerable amount of military hardware,” and asked them to exercise caution.
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