Belarus and Russia started preparations for joint operational exercises (SHOW) “Union shield – 2019”. This was announced by the commander of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov.
In detail [during the conference] We analyzed the results of the preparation for the exercises “West-2017”. This is especially true given the fact, that the Western Military District, together with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus has already started preparing for the SDA “Union shield – 2019 – he said in his speech to held in Minsk scientific-practical conference on enhancing the effectiveness of the regional group of troops (RGV) Belarus and the Russian Federation, quoted on Friday “Belarusian military newspaper”.
Russian Armed Forces representative stated, that the western borders of the Union State of NATO continues to increase the combat capabilities of his group.
In particular, According to him, “Only this year has already conducted more than 100 exercises at various levels, which was attended by more than 60 thousand. members of the armed forces of NATO countries”.”This is 20% more, over the same period last year, when we conducted SSA “West-2017”, – said commander.
According to Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major General Paul Muraveyko, in recent years, a number of issues, which need to coordinate their positions in the framework of the Regional Group of Forces.
This applies primarily to the command and control organization, the joint use of manned and unmanned aircraft, cooperation between territorial defense forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian part of the EGC – said Major General.
Given the rich experience of the Russian Federation, resulting from the use of the armed forces in order to assist the Syrian Arab Republic, I would like to explore some of the innovations from this experience and apply them in the development of our joint EGC – said the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, TASS reports
