Belarusian army

Oleksiy Arestovich spoke about the presence of Belarusian soldiers in Ukraine

In Wednesday’s phone conversation, the chiefs of the General Staffs of Belarus and Russia – Alyaksandr Valfovich and Valery Gerasimov – have raised the topics of military cooperation between the two countries and preparations for maneuvers.

Integration tactical maneuvers are to take place on August 28-31 in Hrodna region, the Belarusian Defence Ministry reported on Friday. There are plans to redeploy military equipment.

On August 23, the presidential press office made available recordings of Alyaksandr Lukashenka getting out of a state-flag livery helicopter, He was wearing a bulletproof vest and holding a Kalashnikov assault rifle (at first, there was no magazine).

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka addressed the military personnel when visiting to the 38th Brest Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade on Monday.

A soldier doing his service in the Pechy training centre (Barysau district) has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus.