In Belarus, the maneuvers of the Organization of the Collective safety Agreement, called NATO's "porawiecki". The exercises are led by the Russians, in addition to them and the Belarusian soldiers, soldiers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan besides left for the camps. Training will end on September 6.
Exercises of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Armed Forces "Zapad-2021" at the Belarusian camp.
As stated by Russian General Andrei Sierdiukov, the Head of the Joint Staff of the Organization of Collective safety Agreement (OUBZ), maneuvers are a consequence to the "strung situation in Central and east Europe". This message was made during the beginning ceremony of the exercise, which took place on Sunday, August 31, at the triumph Square in Belarusian Vitebsk. “The expansion of the military presence of the North Atlantic Alliance on the east flank continues, including in the immediate vicinity of the borders of Belarus and Russia, accompanied by unprecedentedly advanced military activity,” said Sirdiukov. In his view, the NATO States have a "escalating and provocative" policy.
Belarusian "Gest of Good Will"
According to the Ministry of Defence of Belarus, OUBZ military quota exercises will run from 31 August to 6 September. respective episodes were planned as part of the maneuvers, involving peculiar units, safety services, as well as the operational groups of the Joint Staff and the OUBZ Secretariat. The maneuvers are conducted at the Łoswido and Lepelski fields in the northern part of Belarus. They were organised under the codenames “Interaction 2025”, “Search 2025” and “Echelon 2025”. According to the stated assumptions, the ‘Interaction’ is to prepare armed forces to respond to a crisis situation in the territory of 1 of the OUBZ States. During the peculiar Units “Search” exercises, issues related to the organisation and conduct of the diagnosis will be checked. In turn, “Echelon” includes training in organization and logistics.
"More than 2 1000 soldiers and 450 weapons, military and peculiar equipment, including 9 combat aircraft and helicopters, more than 70 different types of unmanned aircraft, are active together", says the Belarusian General Staff Communication. His chief, Gen. Paweł Murawejko, at the ceremony in Vitebsk, pointed out that the maneuvers were moved deep into Belarus to "avoid accusations of various kinds of innuendos and possible provocations" close NATO borders. "The exercise plans to make a full scope of issues related to ensuring public security, creating conditions to counter external aggression, as well as combating illegal armed formations and hostile diversional and reconnaissance groups," added the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus.
Propaganda dimension
The Collective safety Agreement was established in 2002. It is simply a military alliance – sometimes called the "poday NATO" – covering the states of the erstwhile russian empire: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia (although the second suspended activities). The Declarative nonsubjective of the OUBZ is to guarantee the stability, sovereignty and safety of its members and to address external threats. De facto OUBZ is simply a Russian effort to renew the sphere of influence after the dissolution of the USSR. In fresh years, the organization has been confronted with interior criticism of members who do not like their dependence on Russia and the limited effectiveness of the alliance. The interior quarrels between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, for example, and Moscow's incompetence in arbitration between the countries in question have become the origin of the cancellation of respective joint exercises.
Training in Belarus so besides has a propaganda dimension – their aim is to prove to the planet that OUBZ remains in good shape. besides on the issue of power projection. According to the Russian state press agency Ria Nowosti, the participants of the maneuvers are to practice planning the usage of atomic weapons. Moscow and Minsk declare that the manoeuvres presently underway are "closely related" to the joint strategical exercises of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia ‘Fall 2025’. These will start in mid-September and will have a much larger scale. Polish and Natovian responses to “Zpad 2025” will be ‘Iron Defender’ exercise.
