we can expect further evaluation of research results in Russia in Belarus
As the interlocutor noted, the Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercise took place from September 1 to September 7, 2022 at seven training grounds of the Eastern Military District, in the waters and law enforcement zones of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. The main stage of training takes place at the Sergeevsky training ground in the Primorsky Territory.
– In total, 50,000 servicemen, more than 5,000 units of operational and military equipment, including 140 aircraft, 60 warships, boats and ships are involved in Vostok-2022, the expert added.
Their contingents, operational groups and observers for the Vostok-2022 exercise are joined by 13 countries of the CSTO, the SCO and other partner states of Russia, including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Laos, Mongolia, Syria and other countries. As for our country, Yuri Zverev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
“Belarus sent a reinforced battalion-tactical group from the 6th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Western Operational Command to the exercise – more than 250 servicemen,” the expert said
The objectives of the exercise, as described in the Russian Ministry of Defense, are to improve the skills of commanders and staffs in managing interspecific and coalition groupings of troops when repelling aggression in the eastern direction and in the Far Eastern Maritime Police, to increase the level of observation and the level of involvement when attracting coalition groupings of command tasks to maintain peace, protection of interests and international security in the Eastern region.
– During the exercises, the level of training of military command and control bodies was also tested in managing operations in coastal areas, comprehensive control and management of groupings of troops in the course of hostilities, the speaker explained.
In addition, in the waters of the Sea of Japan, joint practical actions to defend maritime communications and coastal maritime economic activities, cooperation between ground forces in the coastal direction of the aversion of the groups of forces of the Pacific Fleet and the naval forces of the People’s Republic of China.
Yury Zverev also recalled that about a month ago, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko proposed an international cooperation project with the implementation of military-technical cooperation programs between the two countries until 2025 as the basis for negotiations. It’s too early to talk about its content, development expert.
– Nevertheless, we can expect the results of modern research and industrial technologies in Russia in Belarus, approaching military-industrial cooperation between enterprises of the two countries. Including solutions for the tasks of import substitution and intensification of scientific research and development in the defense sector.
Due to the changing geopolitical situation and the growing threats and challenges from the West, the regional groupings of the Union of States troops and the Unified Regional Air Defense System (ERS) of Russia and Belarus will most likely be strengthened. The training of Belarusian military personnel will continue both in Russian military educational institutions and in Russian-Belarusian educational centers in the Grodno, Kaliningrad and Nizhny Novgorod storage facilities.
– For holding international meetings of the armed forces of our two countries, the age scale and the expectation of combat and professional training events will increase. In 2023, the Russian-Belarusian exercise “ShieldSoyuz – 2023” will become an important event. If the current training schedule “West” is maintained, then the “West-2025″ exercise will be held in 2025,” said Yuri Zverev.