Russian General: We Are Going To Use Syrian Experience At Military Exercises With Belarusians

Particular attention will be paid to installing railway and road bridges and crossings.

Special exercises of logistic support forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus are taking place in Luga (Leningrad region).

The maneuvers are being conducted taking into account the experience gained in Syria, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov says.

"These are planned exercises and they are being conducted considering the experience of modern local wars and armed conflicts, including the Syrian one," – the military leader specifies.

The exercises focus on building railway and road bridges, putting bridge and pontoon crossings across water barriers, restoring airfield infrastructure and organizing airfield support. The particular attention is paid to logistic support of soldiers and repair of machinery.

The Russian-Belarusian exercises West-2017 will start on the territory of Belarus on September 14. Many Belarusian and European politicians, as well as some military, believe that Russian troops might stay in Belarus after the exercises.

We remind that the prevention rally demanding to abolish the West-2017 exercises will begin on Kastrychnitskaya Square in Minsk at 19.00 on September 8.