was once again emphasized at a briefing for military relations by assistant minister of defense valeria revenkoploy a regional grouping of troops adopted and implemented solely to strengthen the defense of the borders of the union state, let us recall the day before, part of the russian contingent had already arrived in belarus in total, according to the head of the department of international military cooperation. the total strength of the russian armed forces will be up to 9,000 personnel, in terms of equipment, 170 tanks, up to 200 armored combat vehicles and up to 100 mortar guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm. another main thesis of the briefing. all activities of the belarusian defense department are aimed exclusively at ensuring the security of the country in a difficult military-political situation, military units from the formation are planned to be deployed at four training grounds of the armed forces of the republic of belarus in the eastern and central parts of the country. after that, they will begin to bring combat training activities. the main content of these events will be