Belarusian liaison officers back to permanent base following Union Resolve exercise - Belarusian Defense Ministry

MINSK. March 1 (Interfax) - Servicemen of the Belarusian Communications Troops have returned to their permanent base following the Belarusian-Russian Union Resolve exercise, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

"Servicemen of the 74th Separate Communications Regiment returned to their permanent base following the Union Resolve 2022 exercise and started routine combat training," the statement said.

"During the training, the liaison officers study modern digital means of communication, improve skills of handling weapons, military and special hardware. The regiment's personnel are preparing vehicles for an annual state technical inspection," it added.

On February 10, Russia and Belarus began the major Union Resolve 2022 exercise. The exercise in Belarus, to which Russia transferred a number of units and detachments of the Eastern Military District, was to last until February 20. Moscow and Minsk said that the Russian military would return to their permanent bases following the exercise.

However, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin later said that the presidents of Belarus and Russia decided to continue a preparedness check the Union State's rapid response forces due to the increase in military activity near the Union State's external borders and the aggravation of the situation in Donbas.