Russia announced further maneuvers on Saturday: Putin and Lukashenko will be present – Topky.sk

The ministry said the exercise was planned earlier. His goal is “to verify the readiness of military command and control authorities, warship crews and strategic missile launchers, as well as the reliability of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces”.

The air force, the Southern Military District, the Strategic Missile Forces, as well as the North and Black Sea Fleets will be involved in the exercise, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

Putin and Lukashenko will take part in maneuvers in Russia on Saturday

Kremlin chief Vladmir Putin will attend maneuvers in Russia with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday. The Russian president announced this on Friday in joint talks with Lukashenko in Moscow. TASR received the report from TASS. “Military exercises are currently in an active phase. Tomorrow we will take part in one of the key events in this complex of military cooperation,” Putin said during talks with Lukashenko.

A spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Peskov announced before Putin’s meeting with Lukashenko that Putin would oversee the planned maneuvers of the strategic forces on Saturday. “Putin will probably be in the control center. Such exercises and test launches (missiles) cannot be done without the head of state. You know about the famous black suitcase, the red button and things like that.” said Peskov. According to Lukashenko, Minsk and Moscow must respond to the West’s actions through joint diplomacy and military exercises.