 Minsk has sufficient stock of Iskandar missiles for any mission. The Belarusian Armed Forces have a sufficient stock of Iskandar tactical missiles for accomplishing assigned missions. Missile and Artillery Troops Commander Chief of the General Staff's Missile and Artillery Troops Department Colonel Ruslan Chekhov said. A sufficient stock of missiles for the Iskandar system is available in the Republic of Belarus, which will make it possible to fulfil any objective. He said in a video released by the press office of the Belarusian Defence Ministry. As the commander explained, the Republic's troops previously lacked a missile system in their firepower arsenal, capable of accomplishing missions to a range of over 300 kilometres. He said that now this system is unrivaled in its class and will enable the troops to accurately strike targets to a maximum range of 500 kilometres. Belarusian top brass reported on February 1 that the Republic's Armed Forces had begun independently operating Iskandar tactile missile systems delivered from Russia. Chief of the Belarusian Defence Ministry's main ideological work department, Leonid Kaczynski, said in late December 2022 that the Republic's teams operating Iskandar theatre missile systems and S-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes had undergone a full course of training at the Joint Combat Training Centre of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko earlier said that the Russian-made S-400 and Iskandar missile systems had already been put on combat alert in the Republic. He further said that Russia was helping train Belarusian crews to fly aircraft capable of carrying special munitions. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference after the talks with his Belarusian counterpart Lukashenko on December 19, 2022 that Russia would continue training crews for the Belarusian Air Force aircraft re-equipped for carrying air-launched munitions with special warheads.