{"id":130921,"date":"2025-03-20T23:43:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130921\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"drill-troops-repel-attack-practice-drone-control","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130921\/","title":{"rendered":"Drill: troops repel attack, practice drone control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Soldiers have repelled an &#8220;enemy attack&#8221; during a drill in Belarus, the country&#8217;s defense ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The army has conducted the drill since February 3. Its declared goal is to check commanders&#8217; ability to manage their units in defense combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, the maneuvers involved air force and air defense units. Soldiers marched to the designated areas, prepared weapons and equipment for action, and ensured the functioning of air force and air defense command posts. The ministry didn&#8217;t specify the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, it added that the 38 Airborne Assault Brigade practiced drone control and parachute jumps from a Mi-8 helicopter at the Brescki training ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hrenin_minoborony-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hrenin_minoborony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hrenin_minoborony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hrenin_minoborony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hrenin_minoborony-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hrenin_minoborony.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Defense minister observes live-fire training near Barysa\u016d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 11, Pozirk. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin unleashed bouts of anti-Western rhetoric as he inspected troops today during a live-fire training session at the Barysa\u016dski training ground in the Minsk region. \u201cNo one in the West wants peace or &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/129629\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, Pozirk. Soldiers have repelled an &#8220;enemy attack&#8221; during a drill in Belarus, the country&#8217;s defense ministry reported. The army has conducted the drill since February 3. Its declared goal is to check commanders&#8217; ability to manage their units in defense combat. According to the report, the maneuvers involved air force and air defense [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-130921","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drill: troops repel attack, practice drone control | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 20, Pozirk. Soldiers have repelled an &quot;enemy attack&quot; during a drill in Belarus, the country&#039;s defense ministry reported. 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