On final day of Zapad-2017 exercise Belarusian and Russian MiG-29 crews to provide fighter cover for striking aviation

19 сентября 2017

This was stated today at a briefing by representative of the Ministry of Defense Vladimir Makarov. Mixed units of the anti-aircraft missile regiment will provide air defense.

Combined units will pursue and destroy the remaining illegal formations.

During the training of tactical episodes new models of military equipment will be involved.

The active phase of the exercise will be observed by representatives of the military diplomatic corps of foreign countries, international organizations the UN, OSCE, NATO and military observers from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Sweden and Norway.