Lukashenka: Stop Talking About Defensive Character Of West-2017 Exercises

• 5.09.2017, 13:33

The dictator will teach the joint group of the Russian Federation and Belarus how to fight a war in the western direction.

Lukashenka said this today at the meeting with the top-ranking representatives of the State Secretariat of the Security Council of Belarus, law enforcement bodies and national security agencies, BelTA reports.

“Before the beginning of the active phase of the West-2017 military exercises I would like to listen to the report of the Defense Ministry on the situation in this field. I would like to say that it is time we already stopped explaining ourselves saying that the exercises are defensive. We have an army, a joint army group of Belarus and Russia in the western direction. It exists (we have never concealed this fact from anyone), and it should be trained. Just in case,” — the Belarusian ruler said.

Important to note, the Russia-Belarus military exercises West-2017 will start in September in the territory of Belarus. A record number of rail cars — more than 4 thousand — was involved to transfer the Russian contingent. Many politicians and military experts believe that Russian troops will remain in Belarus after the exercises.

The Warning Action demanding the abolition of the exercises West-2017 will take place at 7 p.m. on September 8 in the Kastrychnitskaya Square in Minsk.