Large-Scale Army Check Started In Belarus
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2 thousand reserve officers have been drafted.
The State Secretariat of the Security Council, following the instruction of Aliaksnadr Lukashenka, is conducting a check of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The corresponding order was presented to Defense Minister Andrei Raukou on March 12 by the head of the Security Council Stanislau Zas, Belsat TV website.
It is noted that subdivisions of various types and kinds of troops are subject to control: reconnaissance, missile forces and artillery, mechanized, anti-aircraft missile forces, aviation, including with training with live fire.
The system of mobilization of troops will be tested, including the readiness to form a separate mechanized brigade and its ability to perform tasks independently for its intended purpose. Up to 2 thousand people have been drafted from the reserve.
Particular attention will be paid to assessing the capabilities of the air forces and air defense forces "to cover the administrative and industrial areas and prevent acts of air terrorism." Separately, questions of military discipline in the troops, as well as the state of arms and military equipment in combat military units and storage bases, are checked, BelTA informs.