“The General Staffs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation will develop joint further steps, and we will implement these decisions.
First of all, they are aimed at preventing war, ”said Khrenin, his words are quoted by the Ministry of Defense of Belarus in Telegram.
Earlier, Belarus and Russia decided to continue a joint check of the reaction forces due to military activity near the borders of the Union State and the aggravation in the Donbass.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, following talks in the Kremlin with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, said that the joint exercises of the two states do not threaten anyone and are defensive in nature.