Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Archive photoMINSK, January 25Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that we must be prepared for any development of the situation in the country and at its borders. «We must be prepared for any development of events. Understand: this is not in us. As then, and in the Patriotic War of 1812, in the First World War, the Great Patriotic War … Roughly speaking, nobody needs us. You know what they need, «the official website of the president quotes Lukashenka as saying.
Lukashenko urged to «keep an eye out» to avoid previous mistakesAccording to him, an example of how decisively Belarus is ready to act was demonstrated in 2020 during the presidential election campaign and its completion.
"I had to raise half an army and throw it to the west (the western direction of Belarus — ed.). What was here, inside, and we cry "ah", "oh" are flowers. The berries were there. And if we hadn’t blocked the directions of their desired actions in time, maybe the situation would have unfolded differently,” Lukashenka noted.
Earlier, the Belarusian Defense Ministry noted an increase in military activity in the neighboring EU states. Lukashenka stated that Warsaw had applied to the NATO leadership with a request to deploy a multi-layered system of logistic and technical support in the region. According to the head of state, more than 30,000 servicemen, equipment and weapons are concentrated in Poland and the Baltic states near the Belarusian borders. He also stated that Ukraine was building up its forces near the borders of Belarus, concentrating units of the National Guard from «radical nationalists». «no war»