U.S. servicemen during a joint NATO exercise in Poland. Archive photoMINSK, May 10.The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces — First Deputy Minister of Defense of Belarus Viktor Gulevich said that NATO's actions near the border of the republic indicate a growing military threat, a set of countermeasures has been developed. «The United States and its allies continue to build up their military presence near the state border of Belarus. over the past six months has more than doubled both in quantity and quality.Groups carrying sea-based air-launched cruise missiles have appeared in the waters of the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, and the aviation group in Poland and the Baltic countries has been increased.All this indicates a growing threat for the Republic of Belarus,» the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic quoted Gulevich as saying on Tuesday.NATO has begun military development of territories adjacent to Russia, Putin said. According to him, «the armed forces have developed a whole range of measures aimed at countering possible threats.» «It should be noted that a number of exercises are being conducted in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Europe», which is supposed to involve up to 20 thousand people and a large number of equipment, seven more exercises on the territory of countries bordering the Republic of Belarus,» Gulevich said. landing, the use of special operations forces does not indicate the peaceful orientation of these exercises. «The Ministry of Defense of Belarus on May 4 reported that a sudden check of the reaction forces began in the armed forces of Belarus, during which military units and subunits will have to work out the issues of putting on alert, making a march to the designated areas and the implementation of training combat missions. It was explained that the purpose of the audit was to assess the readiness and ability of personnel to quickly respond to the possible occurrence of crisis situations. The message of the Ministry of Defense emphasized that «the ongoing activities are one of the most effective forms of training troops and do not pose any threat either to the European community as a whole or to neighboring countries in particular.» On May 10, the country will begin the second stage of testing the army’s reaction forces, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Tuesday. taught him
