{"id":187136,"date":"2026-05-12T10:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187136\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:41:41","slug":"territorial-troops-drill-in-viciebsk-region","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187136\/","title":{"rendered":"Territorial troops drill in Viciebsk region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 12, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Territorial troops have started a training exercise in the Viciebsk region\u2019s Lepiel and \u010ca\u0161niki districts, the defense ministry\u2019s press office reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exercise will involve a range of mobilization activities designed to establish territorial defense command structures and units, it noted. These activities include conscript recruitment through local mobilization bases, refresher courses for commanding officers and training conscripts for territorial defense tasks in cooperation with people\u2019s militia volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, a similar training session took place in the Hrodna region\u2019s Lida district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Territorial troops, an auxiliary part of the Armed Forces, are formed in times of war or military-political tension of reservists with military training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago, Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin announced that territorial defense \u201cis being transformed from a support system into a full-fledged combat one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian army is regularly conducting drills amid tensions with the West and Russia\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine, in which Minsk supports Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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