President presented with revised plan for use of joint group of forces of Belarus and Russia

10 декабря 2020
The President met with the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. They presented to the head of state proposals on revising the plan for the use of the regional grouping of forces of Belarus and Russia. The joint group is envisaged to protect the borders in the western direction, its basis makes up the Armed Forces of our country. In Russia, forces and means have also been created. They will act together to protect the states in the event of a conflict, military operations. Earlier, agreements were reached to update the plan for the use of the regional grouping, taking into account the situation on the western borders and in the world.

The joint grouping is a mechanism for strategic containment, as well as repulsion of large-scale aggression against the Union State 

The general staff of Russia and Belarus were engaged, taking into account the forecast of the strategic and military-political situation.

Alexander Volfovich, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus: "We have a peaceful state. We are only considering issues related to the defense of our country. We foresee and evaluate how the likely adversaries will act. The revised plan also clarifies the combat composition of the regional grouping of forces. For five years, the structure, and equipment, and weapons have changed, new models have appeared both in the Russian Federation and in the Republic of Belarus. We do not stand still, we buy new samples. They have more powerful combat capabilities. We focus on the purchase of samples of our military-industrial complex, and we also purchase them in the Russian Federation. After all, we will have to solve the problems together, therefore, we must have the same weapons."

Similar work on updating the plan for the use of the regional grouping of forces is being carried out in Russia. The next step is that the strategic document will be submitted to a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State.