BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles of the armed forces of the Union State of Russia and Belarus during the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise MINSK, February 6State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko could unexpectedly personally inspect the military of the republic and Russia during the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State. «The President of our country said:» I myself will determine when I can see how the exercises are going I consider it necessary.» Knowing our commander-in-chief, (I can say that — ed.) he can make this decision at any moment, unexpectedly for everyone, in order to really check and see in practice how the tasks are carried out by both Russian and Belarusian military personnel «, — Volfovich said in an interview with the ONT TV channel, shown on Sunday.The NI Director General predicted Russia's response in the event of Ukraine's aggressionAt the same time, Volfovich specified that when the idea of the Belarusian-Russian military exercises was reported to the President of Belarus, it was proposed to hold this event at the level of the heads of the defense ministries of the two states. «Since this is not a planned event, but a sudden check … we offered the presidents to give the opportunity to carry out everything under the leadership of the defense ministers,» Volfovich said. The response forces of the Union State are being tested on the territory of Belarus. At the first stage (until February 9), groupings of troops on the territory of Belarus will be redeployed and created. At the second stage (February 10-20), the joint Belarusian-Russian exercises «Allied Resolve-2022» will be held, within the framework of which the issues of suppressing and repelling external aggression, as well as countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State will be worked out.
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