MOSCOW, May 16President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the military interaction of Minsk within the framework of the Union State with Russia, membership in the CSTO has a sobering effect on the West: if this were not the case, there would be a hot war on the territory of Belarus. «Our military interaction within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the membership of Belarus in the CSTO is those stabilizers that have a certain sobering effect on hotheads on the other side of the border (on Western countries — ed.). If this were not the case, I'm afraid that a hot war would already be on the territory of Belarus,» — Lukashenka said, speaking at the CSTO summit in Moscow. «On the western flank of our organization, the military presence of the United States (USA — ed.) is increasing, the military infrastructure is being modernized at an accelerated pace, numerous NATO exercises are underway. Right now, 19 European countries, including near our borders — in Poland — large-scale exercises «Defender of Europe 2022″ are taking place. give yourself up,» Lukashenka said. According to him, there is still a group of troops on the Belarusian-Polish border, numbering about 15,000 servicemen, deployed there last year under the pretext of the migration crisis. Lukashenka noted that this grouping was deployed in addition to the troops permanently stationed there. «There are no migrants for a long time, but the troops are standing still. It is obvious that today no country poses a threat to NATO,» Lukashenka said. May, 12:57 Lukashenka spoke about the risk of Poland attacking BelarusMoreover, Lukashenka continued, in addition to the 15 thousand people involved in the territories of Poland and the Baltic countries in the operation of the US armed forces «Atlantic Resolve» and the combined armed forces of NATO «Enhanced Forward Presence», an additional group arrived to strengthen the eastern flank of the alliance — over 10 thousand troops. “If, for example, seven years ago there were 3,500 troops in this place, now there are about 40,000 of them. Right on the territory of Poland, the Baltic states. I’m not talking about Ukraine yet,” the Belarusian president stated. that the West is waging, primarily against Russia and Belarus, a «full-scale hybrid war.»
