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\n\n Air\/Air Defense Commander Andrej \u0141ukjanovi\u010d (center)\n <\/div>\n \n
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April 10, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The 120th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade stationed in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region, has begun drills in five districts to practice new ways of using Buk surface-to-air missile systems, the defense ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement comes one day after the 19th Detached Guards Mechanized Brigade was deployed to training grounds in four regions for three-day live-fire training observed by Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country\u2019s defense ministry described the activities as a key stage of a comprehensive combat readiness exercise being conducted since March 11 in response to NATO\u2019s Steadfast Defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-day anti-aircraft units\u2019 drill involves a large number of reservists, said Andrej \u0141ukjanovi\u010d, commander of the Belarusian Air\/Air Defense Forces, without specifying any numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will focus on repelling enemy air attacks, shooting down drones, protecting troops on the ground and countering enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting the western city of Hrodna on April 2, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said his government was \u201cpreparing for a war,\u201d and accused NATO neighbors of increasing spending on offensive weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steadfast Defender is NATO\u2019s multi-domain exercise, incorporating land, air, sea, cyber and space operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It involves deploying forces from North America and other parts of the Alliance to Europe. Over several months, complex multi-domain operations will be conducted across thousands of kilometers, thereby enhancing civil-military cooperation and national and collective resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exercise is strategically located in several key European countries, including Finland, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events are taking place from late January to the end of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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