Belarus and Russia come up with new military exercises for 2023

Russia and Belarus have started preparations for the new military exercises called Union  Shield 2023, which are planned to be held next year.

Source: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, citing Viktor Khrenin, the Minister of Defence of Belarus, on Telegram

Quote from Khrenin during the joint collegium of the Ministries of Defence of Belarus and Russia: "The joint military systems are being improved. According to this goal, our military administrations conduct joint activities, exchange best practices, improve the regulatory legal framework, and conduct joint training.

Preparations for the joint operational training Union Shield 2023 have begun.

Details: These exercises will be "the next year’s main event [in terms] of the joint training of the military administration and troops."

Khrenin added that during the collegium, they will hear reports "on the main ways of countering attempts to falsify history", as well as on the condition and ways of improvement of the Joint CIS Air Defense System.

The Minister of Defence of Belarus repeated the Kremlin’s and self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko’s narratives of Belarus and Russia being under "unprecedented pressure and hybrid influence", and NATO is allegedly "improving the military infrastructure facilities near the borders of the Union State".

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