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Part of troops to withdraw after drills with Belarus: Moscow
Russian military hardware near Ukraine borders. Photo via UNB
MOSCOW, Feb. 15 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Part of the armed forces participating in joint drills with Belarus will be pulled back, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
When the combat training activities are completed, the Russian troops, as always, will return to their locations of permanent deployment, the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
The units of the Southern and Western Military Districts that have already completed their tasks are packing up and will leave for their garrisons on Tuesday, he added.
The Russian-Belarusian large-scale exercise the Allied Resolve 2022 is being held at various training grounds in Belarus.
According to Konashenkov, live firing will be held at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground on Feb. 19 as part of the drills.
Military attaches at the embassies of foreign states in Belarus have been invited to observe the last stage of the exercise.