Posted: 08.12.2021 09:33:00

We will be able to protect ourselves

Unprecedented pressure is being put on Belarus. Sanctions, fakes and other inappropriate attacks from the collective West and the self-exiled opposition who settled there. All methods of hybrid warfare are in action. Moreover, the region is being blatantly militarised. The European Union does not hesitate to ‘sabre-rattle’ their weapons, pulling equipment and the military to the border, trying to provoke conflict. The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Aleksandr Lukashenko, clearly outlined the strategy for further actions of the Belarusian side at a meeting on military security in the strategic control centre of the Defenсe Ministry, “If someone wants to talk to us as with peaceful people, please, go ahead and do it from today. We are ready to talk. But if people come to us with a sword or a gun, we have plenty to fight back with.”

‘Nerushimoye Bratstvo-2021’ [Indestructible Brotherhood] exercise of the CSTO member states
Photo: www.vsr.mil.by

‘Link in a common chain’

The Head of State drew attention to the fact that the situation in our country cannot be considered separately and regardless of what events are unfolding in the Black Sea basin and what is happening in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states. He underlined we are a link in this chain.
There is already a lot of information in the Polish media about the movement of military equipment to the borders with Belarus

Aleksandr Lukashenko lists and analyses the facts, “The number of flights of scout aircraft above Kaliningrad Region has increased. Military events are being held in neighbouring countries, and we already see it. If, as the Russian Defence Minister has stated, dozens of aircraft are flying around the borders of Russia and have bomb-dropping exercises (it was stated that they rehearsed a nuclear strike against Russia), if lateral communication lines are being built on adjacent territories (the military are well aware of it), if large-scale exercises with the transportation of troops closer to our borders are being held, then it means that they must have certain intentions.”
“Results of the evaluation indicate that the measures western countries are taking to militarise the region will lead to a substantial change in the balance of forces. The offensive potential of the armed forces of the NATO member states is being built up near our borders,” Defence Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin reported to the Commander-in-Chief. “In Poland, the 18th mechanised division and territorial defence brigades are being formed. Some of them are in the immediate vicinity of our state border. 
Of particular concern are the purchases of Abrams tanks, Patriot air defence missile systems, Himars multiple launch rocket systems and F-35 combat aircraft equipped with cruise missiles.”

Whose path the EU blocks

Returning to what is happening on the external contour of the country, Aleksandr Lukashenko paid attention to the strategic plans of the United States and its Polish satellites, particularly, on the movement of the leadership of our neighbours and personally their prime minister, “You see that these Polish scoundrels have already started visiting other countries. Did you notice where Morawiecki went — to the UK. 
I am sure that they want to destroy the European Union within a year or two, on America’s initiative. The Americans don’t need partners who can be on a par with them.”
Exercise of troops ‘Zapad-2021’
Photo by Aleksandr Kushner
The Belarusian leader drew curious parallels. As soon as the EU introduced its own currency, problems began in the Euro-Atlantic bloc. And all because the Euro is a serious competitor to the Dollar.
“Therefore, I am sure that it was not by chance that the UK left the European Union, because it did not benefit from it,” Aleksandr Lukashenko continued. “And now the stake is made on Poland. Some are already beginning to say it openly that if the EU stops subsidies, then Poland does not need the EU. Therefore, everything is being done to destroy the European Union.”
The Head of State is not inclined to dramatise the situation but warns the military: we must have an adequate response to any gesture from the West that poses a threat to the security of Belarus. The President also recalled that he had previously instructed in no case to succumb to provocations and not to provoke conflicts and clashes.
According to Viktor Khrenin, it is planned to improve the unified regional air defence system of Belarus and Russia in the near future. A set of measures has been drawn up for the medium term to cover the southern area. Viktor Khrenin explained that next year, Belarus and Russia are not planning to conduct large-scale exercises like ‘Zapad’ [West] or ‘Shchit Soyuza’ [Union Shield]. However, on the other hand, they intend to conduct joint manoeuvres to cover the southern borders of Belarus.
“Do you think the actions of our neighbours are fear or impudence?” journalists asked the Minister.
“This shows the helplessness and powerlessness of them and their leadership. Instead of dealing with this situation using political instruments, they are deploying a substantial number of troops. As our President has said more than once, they are simply trying to divert the attention of their population away from mounting domestic problems. And they should deal with them, and not rattle their weapons at the border.”

By Dmitry Umpirovich, Yevgeny Kononovich