Minister of Defense of Belarus Viktor Khrenin commented on the extension of the exercises of the military units of the Union State:
– In connection with the increase in military activity near the external borders of the Union State and the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, the Presidents of Belarus and Russia decided to continue checking the response forces of the Union State.
– In its course, the stages of the defense of the Union State, which were not covered with such a degree of detail by the training questions of the previous verification period, will be carefully worked out. In general, its focus will remain unchanged – it is designed to ensure an adequate response and de-escalation of military preparations of ill-wishers near our common borders.
– Numerous groupings of troops and forces have been created on the territory of neighboring states, including third countries. Our neighboring countries are “pumped up” with the most modern weapons in an emergency unscheduled manner. At the same time, priority is given to modern offensive weapons.
– The idea of the inevitability of war with the “eastern neighbors” is firmly embedded in the consciousness of the western man in the street. At the same time, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus are accused of militaristic aspirations. In the conditions of clearly defined “red lines”, ways of bypassing them are being intensively sought. Ideas of new formats of military development of the territory of Ukraine are put forward. From all of the above, one conclusion logically follows – in Europe, there was a very strong smell of gunpowder. It is deliberately pushed to war.