Belarus to start missile troops, artillery exercise near Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant on Lithuanian border on Monday

The units of the missile troops and artillery of the Belarusian Armed Forces will be put on combat duty on the site near Ostrovets, near the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, Grodno region, near the Lithuanian border, on August 17-20, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said.

"A number of tactical exercises involving batteries of reactive divisions, which will head to the site near Ostrovets, the firing ranges Gozhsky and Neman, will be held on the military firing ranges and some sites in accordance with the Armed Forces training plan on August 17-20. The units of the missile troops and artillery will be put on combat duty on the designated facilities," the Defense Ministry said in a report.