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Balkan Wall 2020 land forces military exercise begins near Haskovo

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The land forces military exercise Balkan Wall 2020 begins today, 19 October, in the region of Haskovo in Southern Bulgaria. It is taking place under general land forces command and will involve almost 3,000 servicemen with hundreds of armoured vehicles.

Balkan Wall, which will continue until 30 October at the Koren training ground near Haskovo, is the biggest tactical exercise in 20 years. 



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