News & Events in Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko pointed out that exercises and tests of the Belarusian army are arranged without any fanfares. “We are re-equipping our armed forces by focusing on mobile components,” said the President.

“The army has to be mobile. It has to travel in mobile vehicles,” believes the head of state.

“We are making our armed forces more mobile in order to be able to relocate a sufficient number of mobile and trained people to any part of Belarus,” noted Alexander Lukashenko.

Speaking about territorial defense troops, the head of state noted that they are supposed to carry out missions the army is unfit for during a period of threat. Such missions may include security and defense of installations like power substations and bread factories.

The government conference that gathered the heads of the oblast administrations and the Minsk City Executive Committee to discuss territorial defense matters is one of the ways to train heads of municipal executive and administrative bodies. It is the first time the event has employed such a format. The conference is scheduled to take place on 17-18 February under the supervision of the Defense Ministry. The training component includes theoretical and practical studies. The latter will take place at the firing range of the 120^th independent mechanized brigade. It will include the organization of weapons practice, the accommodation of personnel in winter conditions, the equipment of territorial defense forces with arms, means of communication, and other articles. At the end of the training session the students will be made familiar with armaments and materiel used by territorial defense forces and will also do some weapons practice.