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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

Sep 16, 2020, 41 tweets

Video of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise with Belarusian and Russian servicemen. In the video Russian paratroopers from the 76th Air Assault Division crossed a river with BMD-4M and BTR-MDM vehicles.
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Video of Russian paratroopers from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division at the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise in Brest. 2/
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Video of Russian 120mm 2S9 Nona and 122mm D-30 artillery pieces conducting a live fire exercise at the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 3/
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Photos of Russian 120mm 2S9 Nona and 122mm D-30 artillery pieces at the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 4/
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BMD-4M and BTR-MDM armored vehicles from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division crossing a water obstacle as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise in Belarus. 5/
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Video of paratroopers and BMD-4M vehicles from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division at the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. The BMD-4M crews practiced the tank carousel tactic. 6/
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Video of Belarusian and Russian paratroopers conducting a hostage rescue exercise as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 7/

Russia's Ambassador to Belarus, Dmitry Mezentsev, said that the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise is a response to the forces, primarily from neighboring countries, that are attempting to interfere in the internal affairs of Belarus. 8/
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Russian paratroopers from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division with Rys vehicles taking part in the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise in Belarus. 9/
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Russian and Belarusian paratroopers at the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 10/
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Live fire exercise with Russian paratroopers from the 76th Air Assault Division and BMD-4M and BTR-MDM vehicles, and Belarusian paratroopers with BTR-80 and Caiman vehicles. The Russian paratroopers are equipped with AK-12 rifles. 11/
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Photos of Russian and Belarusian paratroopers from the exercise. 12/
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Russian paratroopers advancing with BMD-4M vehicles. 13/
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The airborne portion of the Slavic Brotherhood exercise in Belarus, which involved dropping Russian BMD-2 armored airborne vehicles from Il-76MD military transport aircraft. 14/
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250 Russian and Belarusian paratroopers jumped with D-6, D-10, Arbalet-2 and Lesnik parachutes. 15/
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Russia’s Airborne Forces Commander Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov arrived in Belarus on Monday for the second phase of the Slavic Brotherhood exercise. 16/
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Russia will send 1k servicemen to Belarus for the second stage of the Slavic Brotherhood exercise. 17/
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That includes a battalion tactical group from the VDV's 106th Airborne Division. 18/
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More than 40 Russian BMD-4M and BTR-MDM vehicles and 30 Belarusian BTR-80 vehicles crossed a water obstacle near Brest. 19/
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Video compilation of the start of the active phase of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 20/

Russian and Belarusian paratroopers, some of whom parachuted, were inserted via helicopter, or crossed the river on an amphibious vehicle, seized a hydroelectric complex in Brest. 21/

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~250 Russian and Belarusian paratroopers and Russian BMD-2 vehicles parachuted from 6 Russian Il-76MD and 1 Belarusian Il-76 transport aircraft. The group seized and held a key point and waited for the main tactical group to arrive. 22/
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Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers from Engels Airfield conducted a flight over Belarus' southwestern, western, and northwestern borders as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. Pretty clear signal as well. 23/

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Another video of the 250 Russian and Belarusian paratroopers and BMD-2 vehicles landing at the Brest training area. 24/

A Russian BMD-2 being dropped from an Il-76MD transport aircraft as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 25/
Photos: Виктор Толочко
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Video of yesterday's actions as part of the Slavic Brotherhood where Russian Su-30SM cleared the skies before 220 paratroopers and 3 BMD-2 vehicles were dropped by Il-76 aircraft. 2 Tu-160 bombers also conducted a flight over Belarus' western borders. 26/
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Today, 6 Russian Tu-22M3 bombers flew over Belarus as part of the Slavic Brotherhood exercise and conducted a simulated bombing run on targets at the Ruzhansky training area. 27/

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Regarding the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise, the Belarusian MoD said the goals of the exercise are to demonstrate the ability and readiness to repel aggression against the Union State, and to ensure the territorial integrity of Belarus. 28/
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Another video of the Russian and Belarusian airborne operation as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise yesterday where 3 BMD-2 and 220 paratroopers were dropped from 7 Il-76 aircraft. 29/

A third group of 260 Russian paratroopers has arrived in Belarus for the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. So BTGs from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division and the 98th and 106th Airborne Divisions are currently in Belarus. 30/
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Another video of the Russian and Belarusian airborne operation as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise yesterday where 3 BMD-2 and 220 paratroopers were dropped from 7 Il-76 aircraft. 31/
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Belarusian MiG-29 fighter from the Slavic Brotherhood exercise. 32/
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A pair of Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers conducted another flight over Belarus for the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise with a Belarusian MiG-29 escort. 33/
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Il-76 aircraft dropping a Russian BMD-2 vehicle. 34/
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More photos of BMD-2 vehicles being dropped from Il-76 aircraft as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 35/
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More photos of BMD-2 vehicles being dropped from Il-76 aircraft as part of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise. 36/
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Russian and Belarusian paratroopers parachuting from Il-76 aircraft. 37/
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More photos of the airborne exercise from yesterday near Brest. 38/
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Video of the active phase of the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise, which wrapped up today in Belarus. 39/

Correction from an earlier tweet in this thread. Those 6 Russian Tu-22M3 bombers dropped actual bombs, not just a simulated bombing run, at the Ruzhansky training area on Wednesday. 40/

Paratroopers from the VDV's 98th Airborne Division loaded their BMD-2 and other vehicles onto trains in preparation for departing Belarus now that the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise has finished. 41/
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