32 minutes agoStoltenberg: Some 30,000 Russian troops and weapons are located in Belarus
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(4 years ago)Secretary - General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, says Russia has sent some 30,000 modern combat troops and weapons to Belarus in recent days on what constitutes the largest Russian military shipment to the neighbouring state since the end of the Cold War. Speaking to reporters in Brussels on Thursday, senior official [...]
Speaking before reporters in Brussels on Thursday, senior official NATO said among the shipments to Belarus there are Russian Special Forces “Speznaz”, “type fighter planes SU-35”, rocket “Scanand” and antiaircraft protection systems “S-400”, writes Free Europe.
The entire process will be combined with the annual exercise of Russia's nuclear forces”, Stoltenberg said, urging Russia to lower tensions and repeat the warning that “whatever further Russian aggression would have serious consequences and carry a high price”.
Exercise development is scheduled for the period from 10 February to 20 February. Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who arrived in Belarus on Thursday, said the number of soldiers to be involved in exercises is below the maximum level allowed under O's rules The 2011 SBE, known as “Vienna Docment”.
The maximum level, according to this document, is 13,000 soldiers, 300 tanks, 500 armoured vehicles and 3,500 parachutists. When this level is exceeded, Russia is obliged to invite O observers The SEU in the area where the exercises are held.
