Officially

On February 27th, the Head of State held a government meeting to discuss the financing of military-related procurement.

“We have been successfully developing modern weapons not only in the areas where we have scientific and technological capabilities and expertise. We are also mastering new areas that are in demand today, including such as missiles and large calibre artillery ammunition,” the President said. He noted that a robotic complex has been designed to detect and destruct air targets. Development of a medium-range anti-aircraft missile system and an anti-aircraft guided missile to this system is on the home stretch.

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In order to equip the Belarusian part of the regional group of forces, Russia has supplied Belarus with an Iskander operational-tactical missile system. An S-400 long-range anti-aircraft missile system was also transferred. In addition, we received a battery of the Tor anti-aircraft missile system, anti-tank guided missiles, mortars, rocket infantry flamethrowers and more than 830,000 ammunition of various calibres.
“Su-30CM aircraft, Mi-35M helicopters, armoured personnel carriers and other weapons will be delivered. In terms of the development of modern weapons, we are not standing still. I’m talking about a more formidable weapon. This is what we must strive for,” the Head of State emphasised.
Further, the President held a meeting with law enforcement agencies in a narrow format. In the run-up to his three-day state visit to China, Aleksandr Lukashenko met with heads of military and security agencies to discuss the situation inside and outside the country.
“Once again, I would like to emphasise and draw your attention to the need to ensure the strictest discipline in the military units. Especially on the border. When I talk about the border, you should understand that this is not solely the domain of the State Border Committee. This is the domain of the police, the KGB and the military. We all need to keep our guard on in terms of the border security and be able to identify even the smallest manifestation of aggressiveness against our state in order to take appropriate response measures. They use any opportunity to destabilise the situation in Belarus,” the President noted.

Based on materials of sb.by and belta.by