Tomorrow begins military exercise Serbia, Russia and Belarus near Belgrade

In Serbia, tomorrow begins military exercise "Slavic brotherhood 2016" which will be attended by Serbian, Russian and Belarusian troops and that could cause a negative reaction of the West, published by the Russian agency Sputnik citing the Russian Defense Ministry.The exercise is being held close to Belgrade and will last until November 15 In addition to members of the Russian landing troops, three aircraft Ilyushin Il-76MD will switch to Serbia more than 50 soldiers, military-transport aircraft.

Continued cooperation

In Serbia will be delivered in three armored vehicles BMD-2, an unmanned spacecraft "tachyon" and four off-road vehicles quad, Sputnik reports on its website in Serbian.The first military exercise "Slavic brotherhood" were held last year near Novorossiysk.The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia had earlier announced that the exercise is a continuation of cooperation between the Air-landing troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Special Brigade of the Army of Serbia, started performing exercises "Srem 2014".

Sputnik cites assessment of military analysts that it will exercise cause a negative reaction of the West."The reason for this exercise is very simple - NATO is approaching Russia's borders and 'Slavic brotherhood' is another way to demonstrate the power and strength of the Russian landing troops," said Anatoly Ciganok, a retired Russian colonel.The first joint Russian-Serbian exercise in the history of "Srem 2014" was held two years ago at the training ground Nikinci near Ruma when trained counter-terrorist operation.

Joint exercises

By 2012 there were almost no military cooperation between Serbia and Russia, and since 2012 has held several joint exercises.Last year, held 24 exercises with foreign partners, of which only two with the Russian army, and 22 with Western partners.

Since the beginning of 2016 was realized 116 military operations with NATO, but only with the United States 90, RTS reports.

• 1 Nov, 2016
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