Lukashenko announces completion of West 2017 exercises

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the completion of the joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2017".

The joint Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad-2017 has ended today.
- Lukashenka said during his speech on the results of military studies.

At the same time, he noted that these maneuvers and cooperation with Russia are not directed against third countries "and serve exclusively to protect our national interests." According to the president, representatives of the military diplomatic corps and international organizations who were present at the final stage of the exercise could have been convinced of this.

Lukashenko announces completion of West 2017 exercises


The president of Belarus also explained why he watched the exercises separately from the president of Russia:

My Russian colleague Vladimir Putin and I agreed on separate observation of the joint military exercises Zapad-2017 because of their scale. We agreed that the Russian president will control and monitor the exercises in the north, and I am already in the center.
- said Lukashenko

He recalled that the main phase of the exercise was held on the territory of Belarus, but large maneuvers also took place in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions. According to him, earlier both presidents planned to observe the exercises in Belarus.

But in the course of the process they decided that it was necessary to cover the teachings more widely so that people could see the presidents where they work
- added Lukashenko.

The strategic exercises "Zapad-2017" were held from September 14 to 20 in Belarus, as well as at three training grounds in Russia. They were attended by over 12 thousand military personnel, about 70 aircraft and helicopters, up to 680 units of military equipment, including about 250 tanks, up to 200 guns, multiple launch rocket systems and mortars, as well as about ten warships, reports RIA News
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  1. +22
    20 September 2017 17: 04
    Friendship grows stronger ....
    1. +11
      20 September 2017 18: 04
      Quote: Greg Miller
      Friendship grows stronger ....

      An incident occurred during the exercise. Having overthrown the “blue” troops, the “red” troops continued their movement to the West and received orders to end the exercises only when they stopped. In Lisbon.
      According to the press service of the organizers of the exercises, the RF Ministry of Defense, the notorious effect of the General Theory of Relativity is to blame. Since the time for a moving object and being motionless relative to the third object flows differently.
      The answer did not satisfy the NATO command, to which they asked the question why the “defeated” “blue” also moved west, but north and stopped in Calais.
      This question was forwarded to the commander of the "blue", to which he replied that he had stopped in Calais because, according to legend, there were no plans to force water barriers and he simply did not have watercraft. And he did not dare to climb into the tunnel with tanks, because he feared for the fragility of the structure and the oncoming electric train.
      And the commander of the "Reds" then clapped himself on the forehead and, laughing, said: "But I couldn’t get it all right - why did they send me so far, but they only gave me out!”
      1. +2
        20 September 2017 18: 22
        Again drunk ensign Ivanov with his boot on the "red button"? wassat
        Quote: iConst
        Quote: Greg Miller
        Friendship grows stronger ....

        An incident occurred during the exercise. Having overthrown the “blue” troops, the “red” troops continued their movement to the West and received orders to end the exercises only when they stopped. In Lisbon.
        According to the press service of the organizers of the exercises, the RF Ministry of Defense, the notorious effect of the General Theory of Relativity is to blame. Since the time for a moving object and being motionless relative to the third object flows differently.
        The answer did not satisfy the NATO command, to which they asked the question why the “defeated” “blue” also moved west, but north and stopped in Calais.
        This question was forwarded to the commander of the "blue", to which he replied that he had stopped in Calais because, according to legend, there were no plans to force water barriers and he simply did not have watercraft. And he did not dare to climb into the tunnel with tanks, because he feared for the fragility of the structure and the oncoming electric train.
        And the commander of the "Reds" then clapped himself on the forehead and, laughing, said: "But I couldn’t get it all right - why did they send me so far, but they only gave me out!”
        1. +3
          20 September 2017 21: 32
          Quote: iConst
          stayed in Calais

          Calais is not only a city in France. Yandex-card on the phrase "stop in Calais" gives a point in the Turkish city of Bodrum
          laughing
        2. +2
          20 September 2017 22: 57
          When the Führer asked Rundshdet: “Why did they stop in front of Dunkersk? He answered:“ There were no boats ... ”When the Führer asked von Goth:“ Why did they stop in front of Moscow? ”He received the answer:“ The mice gnawed the wiring of the tanks ... ”
  2. +14
    20 September 2017 17: 05
    We agreed that the president of Russia will control and observe the exercises in the north, and I am already in the center

    Well, right! There is nothing for the two Supremes to crowd on one KP ....
    GDP gravitates towards the Arctic, here it is on the northern flank ...., and dad, somehow on the "heart" is more convenient ....
  3. +12
    20 September 2017 17: 09
    How? Alexander Grigorich? How so! Have you agreed with the Polish Minister of Defense? If not, then no order! He said to continue on. And with nuclear weapons, the Poles were deceived, taken and not used. Oh deceivers ...... laughing
    1. +14
      20 September 2017 17: 28
      Well, hope the "stink" from Europe has stopped? And then they roared like pigs undercut ... laughing
      1. +7
        20 September 2017 18: 25
        As long as Russia and Belarus exist and their union, the stench from the geyropa will not stop. And it will stop only if this stench is liquidated.
        Quote: Cutter
        Well, hope the "stink" from Europe has stopped? And then they roared like pigs undercut ... laughing
        1. +1
          21 September 2017 20: 56
          Quote: Cutter
          Well, hope the "stink" from Europe has stopped? And then they roared like pigs undercut ... laughing

          Pf ... You don’t understand anything in propaganda.
          Russia was about to attack Poland, but the concentration of the coast guard of Lithuania on their flank showed that in case of war the ports of Belarus would be defenseless. And the Russians pretended that it was only a teaching, not a preparation for an invasion.
          Proof of? Please, the exercises were completed exactly at the time announced in advance! It doesn’t happen, there is always some kind of overlap, from which they always end later. Or earlier.
      2. +3
        20 September 2017 19: 49
        Sanya, Kostya - welcome! soldier drinks
        Quote: Smog
        Oh deceivers ....

        Here we are, insidious, Kostya, but what to do? Western "partners" themselves are forcing (pah, don't be remembered by night).
        Quote: Cutter
        Well, hope the "stink" from Europe has stopped?

        Are you kidding ? Which has "stopped"? The filter-ventilation unit has been working with over-elastic for more than a week! To the fuel store wink and cigarettes, except in a gas mask I don’t go out. lol
    2. +6
      20 September 2017 17: 38
      They took Alexander Grigorich hostage !!! wink exercises continue on !!! lol
      1. +4
        20 September 2017 19: 51
        Marisha, hello! hi love
        Quote: Masya Masya
        They took Alexander Grigorich hostage !!! wink exercises continue on !!! lol

        You are not mixed up? Matserevich and Gribauskaite were taken hostage and the exercises continue! wassat
        1. +6
          20 September 2017 20: 56
          Pasha, howdy there! love
          Quote: bouncyhunter
          You are not mixed up? Matserevich and Gribauskaite were taken hostage and the exercises continue!

          It may be so, it may be ... recourse we are not predictable, you will not get bored with us ... wink
          1. +3
            20 September 2017 21: 04
            So, we always respond to all their cunning wisdom with incomprehensible stupidity (as they regard it). But we know ... bully
            1. +7
              20 September 2017 21: 13
              Quote: bouncyhunter
              But we know ..

              wink
              1. +3
                20 September 2017 21: 20
                Something like this . Add our little blue-eyed - will good love
                1. +6
                  20 September 2017 21: 23
                  Quote: bouncyhunter
                  Add our little blue-eyed - will good

                  Yes, forever please !!! love
                  1. +4
                    20 September 2017 21: 34
                    And why didn’t I doubt you for a second? love
  4. +3
    20 September 2017 17: 10
    But what about ........ they didn’t even bomb them with nuclear bombs?

    And the Baltic states are not captured?
    1. win
      +6
      20 September 2017 17: 17
      In vain, shelters dug and hid the tank
      1. +1
        20 September 2017 17: 31
        and the tank was hidden

        Well, the tank is not found. Everything is clear the Balts won.
    2. +4
      20 September 2017 17: 29
      Now in the West they will start yelling as the warriors of the world stopped the Russian aggression in the Tribaltics.
  5. +2
    20 September 2017 17: 16
    It remains to clarify the episode with a missile defeat of the target ...

    What I just didn’t hear and read ...
    1. +1
      20 September 2017 17: 25
      Well, what is there to explain, it is clear that I did not get!
      1. +1
        20 September 2017 17: 32
        Why not hit?
        I got it.
        It's not that.
        It started right away ...
      2. +2
        20 September 2017 17: 34
        The second answer or part of 2.
        It seems to me a more balanced comment:
        1. 0
          20 September 2017 17: 49
          In principle, there was nothing at these exercises.
          Another thing is that you must first watch the video, and then comment.
          Especially if it really was much earlier.
      3. 0
        20 September 2017 17: 46
        And this is the other side of the coin or h. 1
        1. +2
          20 September 2017 17: 53
          Yeah. after the words "hit the parking lot" did not look further.
          Car parking in the middle of the training ground.
          Most likely, it was just onlookers who drove into the training zone and decided to shoot boom boom.
          Another thing. that their military profiled.
        2. +4
          20 September 2017 18: 15
          Oh God, I found someone to advertise, it's Tengu, a channel for Ukrainians. A man earns by bearing all nonsense. And maidanutye, under each video, passionately masturbate.
          1. 0
            20 September 2017 20: 09
            Quote: Sheff333
            found someone to advertise

            There are tons of others. And from Russia too.
            I was left puzzled by the reaction of the MO. What is Ostashko talking about in his blog.
            Give a link?
            1. 0
              21 September 2017 08: 08
              Give a link to the opinion of eyewitnesses, otherwise everyone who has not been there speaks and judges by a video on YouTube, such as Tengu’s.
  6. +4
    20 September 2017 17: 22
    good And now, in a sign of solidarity, to give the servicemen a break for about two weeks, on that territory of the states where they directly participated in the exercises. Well, they probably stayed, so that someone would have foam from their mouth. laughing
    1. +2
      20 September 2017 17: 33
      Quote: bald
      to give a rest to the military personnel, about two weeks, on that territory of the states where they directly participated in the exercises. Well, they probably stayed, so that someone would have foam from their mouth.

      No, just the property will be collected for a long time laughing
      1. +1
        20 September 2017 17: 59
        Then two months to dig deeper! True, there is one point. Even when these exercises were just planned, I spoke with the Belarusian on this topic. He says that our dad will not hold us here - almost the second Trump! soldier
  7. +3
    20 September 2017 17: 24
    Can't it be that they didn’t capture anyone? A woman with mushrooms promised everyone the same! What was that just a joke? And a hundred thousand of our troops, too?
    1. 0
      20 September 2017 18: 43
      Under this "blizzard", NATO draws itself to our borders and conducts large-scale exercises. So this is not a joke, but an information curtain and all the roles there are clearly described.
  8. +9
    20 September 2017 17: 40
    Dahl, the binoculars are ready! and count how many have withdrawn ... lol

    the main thing is not to lose count wink
    1. +7
      20 September 2017 18: 39
      "Trouble has glass eyes ...
      They will not forgive, they will not spare ..... "
      Marina Vitalievna! hi hi hi
      1. +6
        20 September 2017 18: 50
        Konstantin, howdy there! love
  9. +2
    20 September 2017 17: 40
    Hey Hey hey!!!
    Forgot to conquer the Baltic states! Aw !!!
  10. +2
    20 September 2017 17: 41


    on the territory of the Shaykovka air base in the Kaluga region of Russia, the Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber-bomber participating in the Russian-Belarusian joint strategic exercises Zapad-2017 crashed. As a result of the incident, the crew was not injured, but the aircraft cannot be restored.
  11. +4
    20 September 2017 17: 50
    Be ready! Always ready! soldier
  12. +2
    20 September 2017 18: 39
    During regular frictions for our states, voices were heard here that there might not be exercises and that was bad. Here and a decent response to enemies, spiteful critics and information zombies. The Belorussian Military District showed what it is capable of and how it can.soldier
  13. +1
    20 September 2017 20: 23
    At the wide Euroopeans (Poland, Triebalty pr.) Together, once again repelled the Russian aggression!
  14. +1
    21 September 2017 00: 17
    I don’t get it! Why didn’t they capture Europe with the Baltic states and Belarus itself? Here are these treacherous Russians !!!
    1. 0
      21 September 2017 03: 15
      Pshekov forgot, they were generally offended, so they were waiting for you too !!!
      1. 0
        21 September 2017 11: 12
        Yeah .... Here I somehow missed them what
  15. 0
    21 September 2017 03: 13
    To the Baltic states, time to remove diapers !!!

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