The Third Special Task Forces Brigade saw winter off with a noisy celebration. Soldiers raced in gas masks, broke through burning blocks with their heads, wrestled and climbed ice poles to get gifts.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Aleksandrov / Go to the mediabankThe Third Special Task Forces Brigade saw winter off with a noisy celebration. Soldiers raced in gas masks, broke through burning blocks with their heads, wrestled and climbed ice poles to get gifts.
The Third Special Task Forces Brigade saw winter off with a noisy celebration. Soldiers raced in gas masks, broke through burning blocks with their heads, wrestled and climbed ice poles to get gifts.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Aleksandrov / Go to the mediabankPancake Week celebrations always include fistfights.
Pancake Week celebrations always include fistfights.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Aleksandrov / Go to the mediabankA Belarusian special task force soldier climbs a pole covered in ice during Pancake Week celebrations.
A Belarusian special task force soldier climbs a pole covered in ice during Pancake Week celebrations.
A fake relay also took place.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Aleksandrov / Go to the mediabankSoldiers show off their skills during Pancake Week celebrations.
Soldiers show off their skills during Pancake Week celebrations.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Aleksandrov / Go to the mediabankBelarusian special task force soldiers bathe in cold water.
Belarusian special task force soldiers bathe in cold water.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey Aleksandrov / Go to the mediabankSoldiers from the Third Special Task Forces Brigade show off their skills during Pancake Week celebrations near Minsk.
Soldiers from the Third Special Task Forces Brigade show off their skills during Pancake Week celebrations near Minsk.