Belarus and Russia continue to build up a joint grouping of troops in Belarus and are preparing joint exercises of the Air Force, the Belarusian defense ministry said on Thursday..

The ministry stated that the purpose of creating such a joint force is to "

“Personnel, weapons, military and special equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to enter the Republic of Belarus,” the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus said in a statement..

In addition, the military department noted that in order to increase the level of combat training of the aviation units of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia, which are part of the aviation component of the RGV (C), it is planned to conduct a joint tactical flight exercise.

According to the plan, the tactical exercises of the Air Force are designed to " The ministry did not disclose the date of the upcoming exercises and did not provide details..

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It should be noted that Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, after repeated threats to use nuclear weapons, considers the territory of the occupied Crimea and Belarus as sites for nuclear provocations..