MINSK. May 5 (Interfax) - The Belarusian Defense Ministry has reported summoning men eligible for military service for a Special Operations Forces' exercise held as part of its comprehensive combat preparedness check.
"Men eligible for military service have been summoned for training in a special operations brigade of the Armed Forces during another stage of the comprehensive combat preparedness check of military units and formations," the ministry said.
"Their individual training at a military range will be followed by a cohesion exercise in their units," it said.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry said on May 3 that another stage of the comprehensive combat readiness check had begun in military units and formations tasked with crisis response. In the first instance, the check involves detachments stationed in the Grodno, Brest and Minsk regions. Supply units are taking part in the exercise together with the Air Force and Air Defense, the Special Operations Forces, operational commands, and missile forces and artillery. According to the Belarusian Defense Ministry, up to 1,000 men eligible for military service will be summoned for training.