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18 чэрвеня 2026, 13:27
Lukashenko identifies key approaches to adjusting army construction, development plans
MINSK, 18 June (BelTA) – As he heard a report on proposals on adjusting the plan on constructing and developing the Armed Forces in 2026-2030, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko identified key areas and approaches, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “A massive inspection of the Armed Forces was held in the past. We have done an initial review of the results. I believe it was done sincerely and without hiding anything. According to my data, the discussion itself, the discussion about the results has been very favorably received by the army. People in military uniforms have responded to that in a positive manner. But during the review a series of factors and aspects were pointed out. The army was supposed to discuss them and present a report for the sake of adjusting the plan on building and developing the Armed Forces till 2030.”
State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich, Deputy State Secretary Andrei Gorbatenko, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin, Chief of the Central Intelligence Office, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Vladimir Kupriyanyuk, Chief of the Special Operations Command of the Armed Forces Aleksandr Ilyukevich, and Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense Command Andrei Lukyanovich took part in the meeting.
The president stressed that the discussion should be organized in a businesslike manner without citing various peculiarities of military service. “Let’s make it without ‘heroic deeds’. We’ve already seen ‘heroic deeds’ on the part of the military and discussed them during the conference [on summing up results of the army inspection campaign],” the president noted.
“Be specific. How you discussed [proposals on adjusting the army development plan] and what your conclusions are, what we are going to do from now on,” Aleksandr Lukashenko told participants of the meeting.
The head of state identified key approaches to further construction and development of Belarus’ Armed Forces.
“To increase the efficiency of air defense (without any overthinking), counteract unmanned aerial vehicles, train officers are some of the main directions,” the president stated.
The head of state underlined the need to make measured and balanced decisions. “We shouldn’t make mistakes. We have no money to spare. We cannot switch the entire Armed Forces to drones. And we shouldn’t do it in our conditions. But that’s my opinion. You may have conferred with each other and decided that you should do what the entire world does and go crazy about drones. It is a dangerous thing. It is necessary to learn how to fight these drones. We need a strong weapon against drones. Starting with ordinary small arms and ending with radioelectronic warfare solutions. It has to be done. It is our cup of tea. We know how to make it. We made some things back in the Soviet times. We make some now. But our defense industry has to work harder on some aspects,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
