ArmInfo.The experience of military operations in Syria and Nagorno- Karabakh is being used at the Russian-Belarusian "West-2021" exercises. This is stated in the message of the RA Ministry of Defense.
Thus, the Armenian Defense Ministry informed that RA Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan watched the main stage of the "West 2021" joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at the Mulino military training ground in Nizhny Novgorod. In addition to Russia and Belarus, the armed forces of Armenia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia are also taking part in the exercises.
On the Armenian side, a battalion consisting of tank, motorized rifle and artillery units participates in the exercises. "The exercises are based on the experience of recent hostilities, in particular, in the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Artsakh. New methods and methods of joint operations have also been developed," the RA Ministry of Defense said.
The servicemen will practice repelling an enemy offensive, conducting a mobile defense, delivering a concentrated fire strike and routing a mock enemy grouping that wedged in.
The exercises are held from September 10-16 at nine military training grounds in Russia, in the Baltic Sea and at five training grounds in Belarus. About 200 thousand military personnel, 80 aircraft and helicopters, 760 units of military equipment, 15 ships will take part.