Belarus will expand the scale and frequency of training for its territorial forces on an annual basis, the country’s Chief of the General Staff, Pavel Muraveiko, said, as Minsk increases emphasis on domestic defence readiness.
According to the Defence Ministry, cited by Russian media, Muraveiko stated that heightened requirements are being imposed on the territorial defence system, with both the number of reservists and the scope of training activities involving command bodies and territorial units set to grow each year.
“We will allocate approximately one-third of our reservist resources for these purposes in order to conduct training in all parts of our country,” he said, according to the ministry’s press service.
The announcement comes as a scheduled territorial defence exercise is underway in the Vitebsk region, involving senior leadership. The drills include training in ambush operations, counter-drone measures, and the engineering preparation of deployment areas.
Muraveiko said Belarus’s territorial defence forces operate on principles comparable to those of a modern military organisation, while incorporating local conditions and the reservists’ familiarity with terrain.
The Defence Ministry said the current exercise is part of a planned cycle. Reservists were mobilised roughly one month ago and have since undergone training at a dedicated training and logistics base established in the region.
“Highly qualified specialist instructors were involved in their training, who taught them counter-drone actions, modern small-unit tactics in pairs and threes, as well as support and organisation of engineering fortifications, including such elements as checkpoints, guard posts, and concealed observation posts,” Muraveiko said.
He added that territorial units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, along with the Ministry for Emergency Situations, are also participating in the exercises, highlighting a multi-agency approach to territorial defence.
By Tamilla Hasanova
Source: caliber.az
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