“No to Russian Militarists!” (Photo)

Protests against presence of Russian troops in Belarus and carrying out joint military exercises go on.

Banners “No to Russian Militarists!” appeared in Minsk yesterday and today. Activists of the civil campaign “European Belarus” fixed them to bridges above central streets, the website jeans-by.org reports.

We remind that Zapad-2009 drills involve more than 12000 service personnel and some hundreds of units of military equipment. 6000 troops from Russia entered Belarus, which has never happened before.

The exercise will use 103 airborne devices (including 63 aircrafts and 40 helicopters), around 470 armoured fighting vehicles, 228 tanks, 234 self-propelled and towed artillery units, mortars and multiple launch rocket systems.

One of the aims of the exercises is armed conflicts liquidation. However, the democratic forces of Belarus are convinced that the exercises pose a threat to independence of Belarus.