Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said the exercise followed counter-terrorist scenarios and was not aimed against other countries.
MINSK, September 26.
/TASS/. During the Slavic Brotherhood-2020 military exercise, servicemen of
Belarus and Russia practiced repelling a military aggression against the Union
State, the chief of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff told the
Belarus-1 TV channel.
"A joint
grouping of [Russian and Belarusian] forces practiced tasks related to
repelling a joint aggression against the Union State," First Deputy
Defense Minister Major-General Alexander Volfovich said.
"As part of this
stage [of the exercises], the troops practiced capturing defense lines and
positions, combat actions aimed at holding a tactical defense zone, fire
support of defending troops, airborne assault, aviation support," he said.
The first phase of
the Russian-Belarusian exercise Slavic Brotherhood-2020 began in Belarus on
September 14. Russia delegated units from an airborne assault regiment of the
Pskov airborne force. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said the exercise
followed counter-terrorist scenarios and was not aimed against other countries.
The second phase of
the exercise was held in western Belarus on September 22-September 25. Russia
sent over 900 servicemen and about 100 pieces of military equipment.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-09-2020
