Lukashenko inspecting Defense Ministry training facility in Brest Oblast

The president is studying engineering equipment of the resistance point of the Kobrin fortified area and its capabilities.

According to Commander of the Western Operational Command Vladimir Bely, the military and political situation around Belarus remains tense and the use of military force is still viewed as one of key tools to achieve political and economic goals.

According to him, the events in Ukraine show that defense is most effective in areas where resistance points are equipped in advance, as offensive forces experience huge difficulties in overcoming such defenses.

“One of the ways to beef up defense efforts is to create fortified areas. Their main purpose is to defend the most operationally and tactically important areas and routes to be mostly likely used by the advancing enemy and to repel superior enemy forces and back up our troops,” emphasized Vladimir Bely.

The president was shown the accommodation of personnel, the command and observation post of the company commander, and the utility block.

Inspecting the positions of the motorized rifle squad, the head of state warned against any showmanship. “Even if we are sure that we will not have to go to war with anyone. Window dressing, just like abuse of junior conscripts, will be harshly punished,” he emphasized.

Aleksandr Lukashenko examined existing and perspective means of conducting counter-battery warfare and communications equipment. After that the president was shown an extended training session of a reinforced motorized rifle company using elements of the resistance point.

Speaking with journalists, the head of state noted that the Belarusian military are focused on defense, but at the same time they must be able to attack.

“We will no longer need presidential decisions to put our units at full combat readiness. We will have many such installations. And in peacetime we will make the necessary preparations in advance, so that we will be able to promptly take these points if we receive a signal that our neighbors are up to something bad,” explained Aleksandr Lukashenko.

These installations must be nearly impassable to the enemy, the president emphasized. “We will get ready in advance to defend our homeland in the areas of likely attacks on our state,” he said.

There will be several lines of defense along the perimeter of the Belarusian border, yet these lines will be even larger than the existing ones. They are being arranged taking into account modern wars, including in Ukraine, and the recommendations of PMC Wagner.