[26]
https://t dot me/modmilby/3970; [“We are glad to welcome you on Belarusian soil (video)”]
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111141/; [“On Conducting a Battalion Tactical Exercise with Personnel of 103rd Airborne Brigade,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 12, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111130/.
[27] [“The Active Phase of the Joint Exercise of the Special Operations Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Airborne Forces of Russia Opened at the Training Ground Near Mogilev,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 22, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12350330@egNews; Viktoria Ivashechkina, [“Airborne Forces and Special Forces: The Active Phase of the Exercises of Russia and Belarus Started Near Mogilev,”]
Tv Zvezda, Mach 23, 2021,
https://tvzvezda dot ru/news/2021323120-USc1f.html; “Belarusian, Russian Paratroopers in Joint Army Exercise,”
Belta, March 22, 2021,
https://eng.belta dot by/society/view/belarusian-russian-paratroopers-in-joint-army-exercise-138398-2021/; [“Joint Airborne Double Strike,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 24, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111451/.
[28] Russian Ministry of Defense,
Facebook, March 24, 2021,
View: https://www.facebook.com/1492252324350852/posts/2908892426020161/
.
[29] [“Establishing a Bridge: Russian-Belarusian paratroopers led a convoy through a water barrier near Mogilev”]
TV Zvezda, March 25, 2021,
https://tvzvezda dot ru/news/20213251124-hEfhn.html.
[30] “Belarusian, Russian Paratroopers in Joint Army Exercise,”
Belta, March 22, 2021,
https://eng.belta dot by/society/view/belarusian-russian-paratroopers-in-joint-army-exercise-138398-2021/.
[31] [“Russian Paratroopers and Servicemen of the Special Forces of Belarus Blocked and Destroyed a Mock Enemy at a Joint Exercise Near Mogilev,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 26, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12351015@egNews; [“Not Instead, But Together,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 26, 2021
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111543/.
[32] [“Personnel of the Reinforced Paratrooper Company of the Pskov-Guards Airborne Assault Force of the Airborne Forces Arrived From the Republic of Belarus to their Point of Permanent Deployment,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 28, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12351297@egNews.
[33] [“Preparation for the Exercise are in Full Swing,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 11, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111102/; [“Shoulder to Shoulder,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 15, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111155/; [“Servicemen of the Republic of Belarus Arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod Region to Participate in Joint Exercises with Servicemen of the Western Military District,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 10, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12348115@egNews; [“Servicemen of the Republic of Belarus Arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod Region to Participate in a Joint Exercise with Servicemen of the Western Military District”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 23, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12350389@egNews/; [“Shoulder to Shoulder,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111245/.
[34] [“Russian and Belarusian Servicemen have Practiced the Use of Drones During an Exercise in the Nizhny Novgorod Region,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 17, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12349331@egNews.
[35] [“In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Military Personnel of the Western Military District and the Republic of Belarus Jointly Stopped the Offensive of the Mock Enemy,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12349683@egNews.
[36] [“Officers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Gained Unique Experience in Managing Disparate Units During a Bilateral Exercise Near Nizhny Novgorod,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12349631@egNews.
[37] [“Allies Win,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111329/; [“Russian-Belarusian military exercises began in the Nizhny Novgorod region,”]
Regnum, March 15, 2021,
https://regnum dot ru/news/polit/3215627.html
[38] The rotation brought participation in the exercise from approximately 80 Belarusian personnel and 200 Russian personnel to 150 Belarusian personnel and 350 Russian personnel. [“Joint Battalion Tactical Exercises with Units of the Ground Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 23, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111420/; [“Goodbye, Mulino!”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 22, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111361/; [“Servicemen of the Republic of Belarus Arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod Region to Participate in a Joint Exercise with Servicemen of the Western Military District,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 23, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12350389@egNews; [“A Company Tactical Exercise of Military Personnel of the Western Military District and the Republic of Belarus Started in the Nizhny Novgorod Region,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 15, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12349007@egNews; [“Shoulder to Shoulder,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 15, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111155/; [“Shoulder to Shoulder,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111245/; [“Allies Win,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111329/.
[39] Anton Valagin, [“The Military Captured the City by SMS,”]
Rossiyskaya Gazeta, March 22, 2021,
https://rg dot ru/2021/03/22/reg-pfo/voennye-zahvatili-gorod-po-sms.html; Anastasia Eremina, [“Nizhny Novgorod Servicemen Worked Out the Capture of a City Using SMS-Messages,”]
Kommersant, March 22, 2021,
https://www.kommersant dot ru/doc/4740895.
[40] [“Artillerymen of the Western Military District, as Part of an Exercise Near Nizhny Novgorod, Destroyed More Than 50 Targets of a Simulated Enemy,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 25, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12350804@egNews.
[41] [“Servicemen of the Republic of Belarus Received Military Equipment to Participate in Joint Tactical Exercises,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 26, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12350999@egNews.
[42] [“Russian-Belarusian Battalion Tactical Exercise Started in the Nizhny Novgorod Region,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 29, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12351408@egNews.
[43] [“In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Military Personnel of the Western Military District Carried Out a Special Treatment of Armored Vehicles Involved in a Joint Russian-Belarusian Exercise,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 29, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12351399@egNews
[44] [“In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Units of the Western Military District and the Republic of Belarus Held Joint Exercises,”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, April 1, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12352044@egNews.
[45]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 3, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/110881/.
[46] [“The Landing Force Storms the Skies,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 3, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111051/.
[47] [“With a Female Name ‘NONA,’”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 18, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111284/.
[48] [“Tactical Exercise With the 38th Brest Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 27, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111569/; [“Barriers Do Not Exist for Special Forces,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 31, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111665/; [“Barriers Do Not Exist for Special Forces,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, April 5, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111790/.
[49] [“Exam for Signalmen,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 11, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111099/.
[50] [“Readiness to Complete Tasks,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 16, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111188/;
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111254/; [“127th Guards Communications Brigade Participates in Control Exercises on Tactical and Special Training,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111316/; [“They Are Always Connected,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 23, 2021
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111414/.
[51] [“Readiness to Complete Tasks,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 16, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111188/; [“127th Guards Communications Brigade Participates in Control Exercises on Tactical and Special Training,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111316/.
[52] [“Signalmen Hhave a Crunch Time,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111261/.
[53] [“To Keep the Connection Reliable,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111260/.
[54] [“Visit of the Russian Delegation of Signalmen to the Republic of Belarus,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111254/.
[55] [“They Are Always Connected,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 23, 2021
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111414/.
[56] [“Preparation for the Main Exam of the Year,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111317/.
[57] [“Visit of the Belarusian Delegation of Signalmen to the Russian Federation,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 24, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111459/.
[58] [“Strength Test,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 10, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111066/.
[59] [“Joint Headquarters Training Completed in the Air Force and Air Defense Forces,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 18, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111272/; Belarusian Ministry of Defense,
Telegram, March 18, 2021,
https://t dot me/modmilby/4023; [“From March 16 to 18, the Air Force and Air Defense Forces Will Host a Joint Staff Training,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 15, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111153/.
[60] [“They Checked Combat Readiness,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 18, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111297/; [“Military Unit 30151,”] Fanipol Online, Accessed, April 5, 2021,
http://fanipol dot net/business/business.php?id=30; [“Young Servicemen of Military Unit 30151 Swore Allegiance to the Motherland,”]
DZR, June 16, 2020,
https://dzr dot by/novobranczy-v-ch-30151-prisyagnuli-na-vernost-rodine/.
[61] [“Combat Readiness is the Priority,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 29, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111609/.
[62] [“Visit of the Delegation of the Aerospace Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 29, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111602/; [“Delegation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces Visits Belarus,]
Belta, March 29, 2021,
https://www.belta dot by/society/view/delegatsija-vozdushno-kosmicheskih-sil-vs-rossii-poseschaet-belarus-434813-2021/; [“A Delegation of the Russian Aerospace Forces Has Arrived in Belarus to Prepare the Zapad-2021 Exercises,”]
TASS, March 29, 2021,
https://tass dot ru/armiya-i-opk/11019551.
[63] [“The Armed Forces Began the Second Stage of a Comprehensive Check of Troops,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 9, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111021/.
[64] [“Special Tactical Exercise,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 15, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111164/.
[65] [“A Complex Check Continues,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 16, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111190/.
[66] [“A Comprehensive Check Continues in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 19, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111323/.
[67] [“Airborne Shield at the Borders of the Fatherland,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 16, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111219/.
[68] [“Airborne Shield at the Borders of the Fatherland,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 16, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111219/.
[69] [“A Complex Check Continues,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111264/.
[70] [“The Power of the ‘Staff,’”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 17, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111262/.
[71] [“Exercise Is the Best School and Baptism by Fire,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 31, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111666/.
[72] [“The Mood is a Fighting One,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 23, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111432/.
[73] [“Joint staff training is being held at the North Western Operational Command,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 22, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111388/.
[74] [“Battalion Tactical Exercise of the 120th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 22, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111390/.
[75] [“Everyone Knows Their Maneuver,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 29, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111591/.
[76] [“A Large-Scale Exercise at the Gozhsky Training Ground,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 30, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111642/.
[77] [“Within the Framework of Bilateral Military Cooperation”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 30, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111635/; [“Issues of Military Cooperation Between Belarus and Russia Discussed in Moscow,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 31, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111674/; [“Chiefs of General Staffs of Russia and Belarus Discussed Issues of Joint Defense Policy in Moscow”]
Russian Ministry of Defense, March 31, 2021,
https://function.mil dot ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12351838@egNews.
[78] [“Margin of Safety,”]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 31, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111667/.
[79] ["Our Armor is Strong and Our Tanks Are Fast,"]
Belarusian Ministry of Defense, March 31, 2021,
https://www.mil dot by/ru/news/111683/.
Posted by
Institute for the Study of War at
10:09 AM
End of Part 4
ISW Blog (iswresearch.org)