Lukashenko: Belarus must be well prepared for risks, threats

Tuesday, 20.02.2024 - 15:12

 

Belarus must be 100% prepared to neutralize risks and threats, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a large meeting with the senior staff of the national security agencies in Minsk on 20 February, BelTA has learned.

 
“We must be prepared as much as possible to neutralize risks and threats. For this, it is necessary to address priority tasks,” the head of state said and went on to discuss each of these tasks in detail
 
Task No. 1 Increasing Belarus’ defense capacity
 
“Zero in on systemic measures to boost the country’s defense capacity and maintain the combat capabilities of all elements of the state’s defense system,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said formulating the first task.
 
The president noted that military units and units of the State Border Committee and the Armed Forces efficiently protect the southern and western border of the country. “Of course, the military personnel’s moral readiness to defend the Motherland is of great importance. I know that everything is fine with this, even more than fine (in the ranks of the Armed Forces; I will not say about society as a whole). There are hot heads that are eager to go into battle even tomorrow,” the head of state said.
 
“And if you look at the situation in Belarus, you will see that we have been fighting a hybrid war for a long time, and I have said it more than once,” Aleksandr Lukashenko continued. “And we are doing everything to prevail without engaging in a battle. Therefore, we are building the combat capabilities of our army.”
 
In order to strengthen defense capabilities, changes were made to the training of law enforcement, military and security personnel taking into account the specifics of waging modern wars, the president remarked. “The joint drills with units of the Russian Armed Forces (and we saw that we were no worse than them), PMC Wagner produced results,” said the head of state. The real combat experience studied during the drills must be promptly introduced into the daily training routine of all military personnel, especially special forces, the head of state demanded.
 
The president emphasized that Belarus is strengthening its armaments capabilities. The military keep getting new models of hardware. The latest models of the Belarusian MLRS Polonez-M with a firing range of up to 300 km have been put into operation. Two S-400 anti-aircraft missile battalions and two battalions of Iskander-M missile systems have entered service. Tactical nuclear weapons are stationed on the country’s territory. “Today this is the most important element of deterring any enemy,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
 
“We have everything in place to defend ourselves and, as the military say, to inflict unacceptable damage on the enemy. This is the essence of our strategy,” the head of state emphasized.
 
Checks of combat and mobilization readiness of troops, carried out upon the instruction of the president, showed that the troops are capable of fulfilling their tasks. “We will continue giving priority attention to this issue,” assured Aleksandr Lukashenko. He went on saying: “For the first time in the country’s history, we have mobilized an entire mechanized brigade [the 11th separate mechanized brigade of the Western Operational Command]. We have also conducted a number of inspections of units of the rapid response forces while simulating a scenario of conflict escalation.”
 
“I have been told that they were up to the task by and large,” said the head of state. “At the same time, shortcomings were identified in the military personnel training, first of all, in the professional training of officers.” There are problems, in particular, with keeping equipment and weapons in good condition, maintaining stocks of missiles, ammunition and other materiel. Problems were identified in the planning, in the use of rapid response forces and in carrying out air defense combat duty.
 
“I have been informed that work is currently underway to eliminate these shortcomings,” the president said. He expects to receive more detailed information about existing drawbacks in the security system from State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich.
 
“When we see such shortcomings, we have to repeat the simple truths. For people in uniform, formalism and sloppiness are absolutely unacceptable,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized. “There must be iron discipline and the highest level of professionalism.” And there are issues with this too, he noted.
 
“All our efforts are doomed to fail without dedication to service, without understanding that we are at the tipping point. No cutting-edge weapons and technologies will help. Personnel must come first,” the president said. According to him, the work with personnel should focus on the morale and spirit of each officer, because the mood of soldiers largely depends on this.
 

 

 

 

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