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Belarus to Create Militias to Beef up Defense

  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) lays flowers during a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in Minsk, Belarus, May 9, 2022.

    Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) lays flowers during a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in Minsk, Belarus, May 9, 2022. | Photo: Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua

Published 27 May 2022
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Belarus plans to creat militias to increase the number of defenders for the country, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Friday.

At an annual assembly for national security and defense training, the minister said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had given the order to create militias, according to the Belarus 1 TV channel.

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Vladimir Karanik, chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee, said militias could defend important objects, freeing the army from these functions and allowing the military to carry out combat missions.
   
The annual assembly of Military Security and State Defense was held Friday, with participants such as chairmen of executive committees and regional military commissars of the country.
   
According to the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, samples of weapons and special equipment in service with Belarusian troops were demonstrated at the assembly, which was held to make participants know better about military operations in modern armed conflicts.

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