Ukrainian servicemenMINSK, Feb. 6 State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that American advisers dictate to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine «how to live», Minsk must be ready to respond to possible risks. «According to my information, today there are about five to six strategic-level advisers, military advisers in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. And at the operational level — more than 64 such advisers Clearly American advisers dictate how to live, how to build their armed forces, what to do and what to do,» Volfovich said in an interview with the ONT television channel shown on Sunday.
The American intelligence officer described the scenario of the war between Russia and the United States. He emphasized that under such conditions Minsk should be ready to respond to security risks and challenges. «We must be ready to adequately respond to the risks and challenges facing us. I'm not talking about threats, I would «If you want peace, prepare for war,» the Secretary of State said. He drew attention to the militarization of countries neighboring Belarus. Ukraine this year «swung» at 15.5 billion. «Lithuania spends 2.1% of GDP on defense and armaments, Latvia the same, Poland — 2.2% of GDP. In Belarus… 1.5% of GDP is planned for defense and armaments. These are significantly lower amounts than our neighbors are spending,» he stated.The General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that the army has no fuel and ammunition reserves. The Secretary of State noted that military activity has been observed in Poland and the Baltic states, which are members of NATO, for a long time and is being monitored by Minsk. He stressed that at the same time, the Ukrainian side has lately «created various pretexts to provoke the situation.» «This is also one of the preparations for the defense of our state. The exercises are exclusively defensive in nature, unlike those exercises that take place on the territory of neighboring states,» Volfovich said. He added that in order to clarify the real picture of the combat readiness of the troops of the Union State, it was decided to conduct exercises at a non-standard time for such events — in winter. «We have learned from the lessons of 2020. Our people have seen what could happen in Kazakhstan, and we are ready to defend our country,» the Secretary of State said. » />Lukashenko answered the question about the war with Ukraine
