"West - 2025": Putin and Lukashenko rehearse nuclear war and NATO attack - the media

The key element of the exercise is the imitation of the use of nuclear weapons and Orezhnik missiles, the placement of which is planned for the end of the year. And the obvious purpose of these maneuvers is to intimidate the neighbors of Belarus. "We see the situation on our western and northern borders and we can not quietly observe militarization and military activity," said Defense Minister of Belarus Viktor Khrenin at the opening of exercises.

This threat has led to the immediate closure of the border from Belarus from Poland and the closure of the border aircraft from Lithuania. Officially, during the exercises of Moscow and Minsk, they work "defense battles, the defeat of the enemy, who broke through defensive borders, and the creation of conditions for the restoration of the territorial integrity of the state. " The "Defense Operation" itself is expected in the Kaliningrad region, which allegedly wants to capture NATO.

In order to "protect" Kaliningrad, the Russian army must come from Belarus, laying the so -called Sualka corridor - a section of the territory of Poland and Lithuania about 60 km wide, which will connect Belarus and Kaliningrad. Thus, writes the observer, Russia, under the guise of defense of its enclave, rehearses the attack on NATO in the region. West - 2025 training also provides "The fight against illegal armed formations, as well as sabotage and intelligence groups of the enemy.

" Julian Repk notes that according to Roszma, in this case, "Agents of Poland" and "Ukrainian Intelligence Employees" are meant. At the same time, in most cases, the "saboteurs" find critics of the regime, which is accused of espionage in favor of Poland or Ukraine, then to be imprisoned. Recall that in the framework of the Strategic exercises "Western 2025" the Northern Fleet of Russia began to deploy in the near and distant maritime zones.