Defence News
Belarusian Military Participate in Shanghai Cooperation Organization Command Post Exercise
Belarusian military personnel are taking part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization counterterrorism command post exercise Peaceful Mission 2021.
The exercise is scheduled to take place in the military training area Donguzsky, Orenburg Oblast, Russia on 20-24 September, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.
Taking part in the exercise are about 5,500 military personnel from Belarus, Russia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Over 1,200 weapon systems, military and special hardware units have been deployed. The Belarusian contingent is built around a special operations unit of the army.