The United States will be sent to Estonia at the time of the Russian-Belarusian teachings “West-2017” to the company of air paratroopers. 150 military personnel will arrive in Estonia at the end of August. This was announced by the Chief Headquarters of the Defense Forces of Estonia, BNS reports.
Joint planned exercises of Russia and Belarus "West" will take place from September 14 to 20. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that about 13 thousand military personnel will take part in maneuvers. Earlier, the Baltic countries expressed their concern that, under the guise of exercises, Russia could put in Belarus weapons for other operations. NATO reported that they intend to carefully monitor the exercises of the West-2017.