MINSK, July 30. /TASS/. Units of Belarusian mechanized brigades have begun training jointly with military instructors from the Wagner Private Military Company, the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

"Team building drills are conducted in units, platoons and companies based of the experience of Wagner PMC specialists," it wrote on its Telegram channel.

According to the ministry, the focus is on combat operations in present-day conditions, with "elements of ensuring survivability in combat taking into account the active use of unmanned aerial vehicles being srilled."

Belarus’ Defense Ministry announced on July 20 that members of Belarusian special operations forces will perform combat training missions together with fighters from Wagner PMC at the Brestsky training ground near the Polish border. Prior to that, the defense agency said that Wagner fighters were involved in the training of Belarusian territorial troops near Osipovichi in the Mogilev Region. Minsk earlier announced that the Belarusian Defense Ministry and Wagner PMC had worked out a plan of interaction for the near future.

Also, the Belarusian Interior Ministry’s troops are conducting joint drills with Wagner PMC. Belarusian Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov earlier said that the ministry’s personnel and representatives of the Wagner Group had worked out a clear-cut plan of interaction.

Belarus did not specify however how many Wagner fighters have arrived.