According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in recent years, Russia has significantly strengthened its western borders. So, According to the head of the defense department in the secondary cooling zone (Western Military District), from 2016 It has been formed a few dozen different kinds of formations and military units.
Provides accurate data: 70 in / hr and the compounds of the Armed Forces.
Sergei Shoigu said, it is caused by the need for "continuous improvement of the fighting strength of the troops and their deployment systems".
Defense Minister added, that before the end of the year in the Armed Forces is planned to introduce about 350 various types of objects, which will be another step in the development of infrastructure Russian army.
Sergei Shoigu highlighted the issue of interaction of the Russian Defense Ministry with colleagues from the Republic of Belarus. According to the head of the Defense Ministry, attention is paid to the improvement of proficiency and increase the level of interaction in the regional grouping of Russia and Belarus forces structures. Shoigu added, It has already begun preparations for the start in 2019 by a joint Russian-Belarusian exercise "Shield of the Union".
He told the minister and about, that connection and parts ZVO continue the practice of dawn raids, which allows to evaluate the level of readiness personnel, and on the basis of demonstrated results to draw conclusions on measures for its improvement.