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MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2023
Belarus puts half of army in combat ready mode - Belta cites leader

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Reuters
28 August, 2020, 05:45 pm
Last modified: 28 August, 2020, 05:52 pm

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Belarus puts half of army in combat ready mode - Belta cites leader

“(NATO) have launched exercises right by our borders. What am I supposed to do? I also rolled out some divisions, put half the army into combat preparedness mode. That’s not cheap,” Lukashenko was cited as saying

Reuters
28 August, 2020, 05:45 pm
Last modified: 28 August, 2020, 05:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses the media after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Minsk, Belarus November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses the media after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Minsk, Belarus November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday ordered half of the country's the army enter combat preparedness in response to what he said were threats from the West, the Belta state news agency reported.

"(NATO) have launched exercises right by our borders. What am I supposed to do? I also rolled out some divisions, put half the army into combat preparedness mode. That's not cheap," Lukashenko was cited as saying.

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