The command - staff exercise of the Western Operations Command is taking place in Belarus to assess the soldiers' ability to adapt to modern combat conditions. The country also has no offensive plans, General Staff Chief cum First Deputy Minister of National Defense of Belarus Pavel Muraveyko announced on September 15, TASS reported.
We do not consider any offensive actions and in this regard, speculations, discussions and various accusations - such as the fact that the Belarusian Armed Forces are said to be preparing to attack neighboring countries - are completely unfounded and unrealistic," the press department of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense quoted Mr. Muraveyko as saying.
According to the Chief of the General Staff of Belarus, the focus is on checking command and operational operations capabilities.
Based on the results of the exercise, we want to determine the current level of adaptation of soldiers under the command to modern warfare conditions, and their ability to implement practical and important command and operational organizational contents at this time," Mr. Muraveyko added.
