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Captured Ukrainian armored vehicle is used in the territorial defense drills in Belarus?

September 26, 2023 2 minutes to read

There were no reports about the purchase of such vehicles for the Belarusian Armed Forces or other security agencies.

On September 25, a training on territorial defense with chairmen of executive committees and military commissariats of Mahiliou region was held in Asipovichy district.

Captured Ukrainian armored vehicle is used in the territorial defense drills in Belarus? Photo: Asipovitski Krai

At the Asipovichski training ground (Repishcha), they showed the officials actions of a unit of the territorial troops to repel an attack of enemy reconnaissance and sabotage groups, block and fire them. We can notice an unusual for Belarus armored vehicle produced by the Ukrainian company AvtoKrAZ in the photos from the training.

Captured Ukrainian armored vehicle is used in the territorial defense drills in Belarus? Belarusian Hajun

Judging by the company’s catalog, this armored vehicle is similar to the KrAZ Kuguar – an armored vehicle for transportation and protection of personnel.

It should be noted that there were no reports about the purchase of the KrAZ Kuguar armored vehicle for the Belarusian Armed Forces or other security agencies of the Lukashenko regime. We may assume that PMC Wagner “lent” the armored vehicle to the Asipovichy territorial defense. The mercenaries could have seized the KrAZ Kuguar during combat operations in Ukraine.

Captured Ukrainian armored vehicle is used in the territorial defense drills in Belarus? Photo: Asipovitski Krai

We recall that the field camp of the mercenaries is located close to the training ground where the drills of the territorial defense were held.