Belarusian authorities learned lessons from the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in regard to the development and equipment of his troops, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting on the country’s state defense order for 2022.
“I will tell you frankly that we [earlier] we saw our army differently, and, above all, the weapons of our army. And, again, absolutely frankly, Russia’s military operation in Ukraine taught us a lot,” BelTA quotes him as saying .
The Belarusian leader noted that he regularly discusses the relevant issues with the Minister of Defense and entrusted with this conflict to look at the equipment and further development of the Belarusian troops: “I constantly demanded:“ Look around, observe, draw conclusions, lessons, lessons And once again the lessons. “As I reported, the lessons are learned.” According to him, taking into account this, the authorities “must consider the state defense order for the current year.”
He also attracted attention to the need to objectively look at what is happening on the Belarusian territory and around: “Because if we inadequately evaluate the situation and plan our actions, we will have a pale look in any clash, in any conflict situation.”
He emphasized that, in particular, the NATO exercises in Poland are going on, the military group in this country increased. “We know that the NATOs began large -scale teachings along our borders. And fakes, reasoning, assumptions appear different. Journalists already ask me about this. There were 3 thousand, and now under 40 thousand people at our borders, and [they] conduct large -scale exercises . The Minister of Defense, the General Staff was given the task that no one should take the Belarusian military by surprise, ”said Lukashenko.