Belarus declares its readiness to protect itself and its people from any external threat

23 августа 2020
It's already clear to everyone that the scenario of a color revolution has been deployed against Belarus. The military and political pressure from the NATO bloc, the United States, Poland and a number of other EU countries is actively used.

The response to hybrid aggression will include the most stringent measures to protect sovereignty and territorial integrity. This was announced by our President yesterday at the military range near Grodno. The 52nd tank battalion is now located  there. Alexander Lukashenko also visited the missile division control station, where the training operation was held,

Another point at the route of the head of state was the inspection of the control point of Polonaise jet division. Let us recall that the expanded U.S. and NATO contingents are now concentrated in the territory of all our western neighbors. 18 U.S. F-16 fighters have already been deployed in Poland. Their flights in the immediate vicinity of the Belarusian borders are monitored and controlled by our security forces.

Such external pressure is aimed at maximal dispersion of the Belarusian military and law enforcement forces, distraction from the internal situation and maximal tension on the external borders. At the same time, the protest moods in the society are also heated up. 

The reaction on the other side of the border followed immediately. Belarus' fears are unfounded - NATO spokesman, the Polish government and the President of Lithuania said in one voice. 

Alexander Lukashenko's statements that NATO is moving troops near the border with Belarus are groundless. This was announced Saturday evening, August 22, by NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu. "As we have previously made it clear, NATO does not pose any threat to Belarus or any other country," said Lungescu at a press conference in Brussels, reports Agence France-Presse. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda called Lukashenko's words "totally baseless statements about imaginary external threats."

You have to admit, it would be very strange if they all confirmed the military build-up. Such statements are nothing but excuses, experts believe.