Mobilization is being tested in Belarus

19 March, 2024 Draft of Belarusian reservists. March 2024. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Belarus

In Belarus, the military is practicing the mobilization of reservists and vehicles as part of a combat readiness test. Militarnyi reports on this. The combat readiness inspection of forces and military units was announced on March 11.

Within these activities, the military commissariat of the Minsk district conscripts persons liable for military service for military training. According to Colonel Dmitry Godun, the commissar of this Belarusian district, they are fulfilling orders to conscript and register vehicles and people liable for military service.

Draft of Belarusian reservists. March 2024.

Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Belarus

"At this stage, we have notified persons liable for military service and vehicle suppliers. We are now gathering and sending reservists to the military units," the military officer reported. Before being sent to the military, Belarusian military personnel arrive at the assembly points of village executive committees and military commissariats.

It is also noted that certain equipment is coming from enterprises and organizations, is being inspected and is ready to be sent to military units. In particular, the 19th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade deployed a vehicle reception center.

Mobilization of vehicles to the Belarusian military. March 2024.

Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Belarus

The main task of the center is to receive vehicles from government agencies and organizations, and distribute and transfer equipment to units for further missions. Judging by the published photos, trucks, dump trucks, and excavators are at the disposal of the military. This equipment is used to transport supplies and perform a number of other tasks.

Military drivers also arrive with the equipment.

Mi-8 helicopter, Belarus, 2022

In February, the Belarusian government announced the introduction of a counterterrorism operation on the border with Ukraine.

This took place in the border village of Lelchitsy, Lelchitsy district, Gomel region, where units of the Special Operations Forces of Belarus were deployed.