Important experience

The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, visited the 230th combined-arms training ground Obuz-Lesnovsky in the Brest Region. The military-political situation in our region remains difficult. It is blazing in Ukraine. Neighbours in the West are actively militarising. For Belarus, this is a clear signal: our primary task is to be on the alert. And it is more effective to keep the defence together with the allies. A regional grouping of troops of Belarus and Russia has been deployed on the territory of our country for these purposes. Coordination of parts and connections is completed. The Head of State looked at the results at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground near Baranovichi. While inspecting his troops, the Commander-in-Chief could not help visiting the Russian military.

“Comrade Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation together with units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus at the training grounds of the Republic of Belarus conducted exercises, command and staff training as part of the training of the allied forces,” the representative of the Russian Armed Forces reported to the Head of State.
According to the officer, in particular, motorised rifle and tank units, special troops, including air defence units, conducted joint exercises.
“At this stage, the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are ready to perform tasks as intended. I would like to thank you personally for the assistance provided in the deployment, assistance in terms of measures related to the training of personnel,” he added.
“We are doing a common thing,” emphasised Aleksandr Lukashenko.

At the training ground, the Head of State got acquainted with the location of military units and divisions of the Russian Armed Forces, talked with soldiers and officers. Aleksandr Lukashenko said that the experience gained during the coordination of military units and formations is of great importance for Belarus.

“This is important not only for me — this experience is important for Belarus ... I will listen very carefully and use it when preparing our armed forces of Belarus and Russia to protect the common Motherland. Most importantly, the most important thing is that your military leaders and I agreed what you would say about the shortcomings, because we will have to continue to work in the same mode — to train both Belarusians and Russians,” said the Head of State. “We not only helped you, we helped ourselves. We get a lot of information from you, this is experience. Figuratively speaking, helping those who have not smelled gunpowder, and those who need to remember their military skills, to prepare, is also a school for them, it is an experience.”

Belarus handed over a large batch of individual first-aid kits to the Russian military. At the training ground, Aleksandr
Lukashenko noted that Belarus had thoroughly studied various options for individual first-aid kits: NATO, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian. It turned out that Western-style first aid kits are more practical. Therefore, doctors and the military were instructed to make a high-quality Belarusian first-aid kit. The corresponding task was set by the President at the same training ground, but in October 2022, when he got acquainted with the domestic developments of the military-industrial complex.
“And in a couple of months they made a first-aid kit that is better than the NATO one. In combat, this is a man’s life. The guys need to have what they need on hand. We are improving further,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

The new first-aid kits for the military contain all the best and necessary items. Everything is exclusively of Belarusian production.



Based on materials of sb.by and belta.by
Photos by BELTA