Belarusian Division paratroopers arrived on Saturday in Yerevan to participate in the joint exercise "Slavonic Brotherhood-2018", According to the Russian Defense Ministry.
All from Vitebsk (Belarus) to participate in the maneuvers came about 250 soldiers and more 40 pieces of equipment (BTR-80, MAZ cars).
Russian paratroopers in honor of the arrival of their colleagues held at the railway station "Tunnel" a solemn event, and then all together in a convoy headed to the landfill "Rajewski".
Guests are placed on the basis of a new autonomous field camp (NPS-500) 7-Guards air assault division.
The press service of the department explained, that NPS 500 is a town closed loop life support. During deployment at short notice to create the necessary infrastructure for the long-term or short-term stay of military formation of up to 500 human. You can connect the campus to the general power grid, hot and cold water.
It is also reported, that the joint exercise, was launched today at the site "Rajewski", will run until 28 June. supervise maneuvers, which are attended by paratroopers from the Russian Federation, Belarus and Serbia, is a Russian general Alexander Vyaznikov, deputy commander of the Airborne Troops for Peacekeeping Operations.