"West-2017." To crush NATO with one division ...
Grybauskaite gathered almost personally to observe how Russia will withdraw its troops back. In the North Atlantic military bloc, from which several dozens of military observers and media representatives are invited to the Russian-Belarusian maneuvers, they call the “West-2017” “insufficiently open maneuvers”, without specifying what Moscow and Minsk should still do to maneuvers were called open or at least transparent. Poland, through the mouth of representatives of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the political science expert community, declares that Russia "provokes a major military conflict."
Polish Radio cites a portal browser statement Defense24 Juliusha Sabak:
This kind of rhetoric is becoming more and more loud as the start of the Russian-Belarusian military maneuvers is approaching (the launch is scheduled for September 14).
At the same time, it should be stated that the "partners" are doing everything to voice many times the number of forces and means that are surpassing the reality. So, in total, in the Zapad-2017 maneuvers from Belarus and from Russia, less than 13 thousand troops will take part. As you can see, the Polish expert drags in here some kind of “adjacent exercises” and voices the value for 100 thousands of “bayonets” in front of Polish radio listeners. What it is done for is clear. After all, any person who understands military tactics and strategies understands that all these cries of aggression are a bloated soap bubble for the simple reason that if the Russian armed forces had suddenly gathered to seize or cut off / cut through the corridor, then surely would not report the date of the "start of the offensive." Moreover, to carry out an “invasion” on the territory of NATO countries by forces that are numerically equal, in fact, of one division is not even funny ...
In general, for the Europeans (and in the first place - the Poles with Balts), the terrible image of Russia is drawn - so terrible that even a division seems capable of capturing almost all of mother Europe. You get acquainted with the publications of the Western media and it seems that quite a bit more and in some Polish rag will appear something from the series “Russian soldiers drink the blood of European babies”. Yeah. No wonder they talk about cyclical stories.
So, what forces and means will really be involved in the “West-2017” maneuvers? Here are the data that are not only published in the media, they are also sent to NATO functionaries, so that they scratch the "turnip" for openness:
7200 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Belarus, 5,5 тыс. Russian military. At the same time, out of the indicated 5,5 thousands of Russians, only 3 thousand.
Equipment and weapons: to 70 airplanes and helicoptersTo 250 tanks, about Xnumx artillery shells, MLRS and mortars, near 300 military vehicles, as well as the BTR, BMP, BMD. From the Russian Federation - even before 10 warships and auxiliary vessels.
On the territory of Belarus for the maneuvers will be involved six polygons: Borisov, Domanovsky, Lepel, Vitebsk landfill “Losvido”, Osipovichsky and Ruzhansky.
In addition to the territory of the Republic of Belarus, maneuvers will be held on the territory of the Kaliningrad, Pskov and Leningrad regions of the Russian Federation.
From the official explanation of the scenario maneuvers:
The intention of the exercise provides that extremist groups have penetrated the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation, whose goal is to carry out terrorist acts and destabilize the situation in the Union State. Extremists have external support, receiving material and technical assistance, armament and military equipment from the air and the sea.
To combat conditional terrorists, it is supposed to work out a number of tactical episodes:
the transfer of military units and subunits of the Regional Group of Forces (Forces) to the areas of operation of bandit groups, with their subsequent isolation;
the actions of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces to support the ground forces and block air channels to supply illegal armed formations;
conducting a special operation to eliminate illegal armed groups, stabilizing the situation;
Baltic forces fleet sea blockade of the area of the special operation, the suppression of the withdrawal of gangs by sea.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus emphasize:
Despite the fact that the main part of the joint strategic military exercise "Zapad-2017" is held on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, during the development of the plan a conditional adversary was implied that was not related to a specific region.
The President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko also had to enter into the matter of specifying the issues of conducting maneuvers. At the same time, the head of Belarus noted that when covering the preparation for the doctrine and their course, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus “should cease to justify itself”.
BelTA quotes Lukashenko's statement:
And what will happen next: the maneuvers will end, the troops will return to the points of permanent dislocation, and those conspiracyologists who today are spraying everyone with saliva, trying to "prove" Russia's aggressive intentions during the exercises, quietly close their mouths and, without even bothering to explain why their predictions have burned will begin to look for new reasons to bark in the direction of Russia.
But Lukashenka is right (even if he appealed exclusively to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus): we (the Union State) are too often trying to justify someone, automatically putting themselves in an awkward position. For years, NATO has been building its infrastructure at our borders - a hostile bloc with missile systems and a growing number of battalions, and we are again justifying ourselves. Where is the logic, sir? ..
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