"The gunpowder must be kept dry." Shpakovsky - on the preparation of territorial defense
In Belarus, from September 29 to October 2, annual trainings on mobilization readiness are held under the leadership of the chairmen of regional executive bodies.
Annual mobilization readiness classes are held in Belarus from September 29 to October 2 under the leadership of the chairmen of the regional executive committees. In the program “Budney” on the YouTube channel “SBTV” and “Alfa Radio” Deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Alexander Shpakovsky explained why the preparation of territorial defense is necessary and why it is important to “keep gunpowder dry”, reports sb.by.
According to Alexander Shpakovsky, the purpose of the classes is to prepare territorial defense units to perform their tasks:
- In accordance with our military planning, the active regular army, if the alarm bell rings, will defend our state. In this situation, the territorial defense forces will have to ensure the safety of civilian life, take under protection the objects of strategic infrastructure. They must be prepared to carry out these tasks.
He noted that individual units demonstrate a fairly high level of readiness:
- They don’t have people on the street either. These are selected people who served in the armed forces, have the corresponding positive characteristics and are considered by military enlistment offices as an auxiliary function of the regular army. Therefore, we launched this program back in the early 2000s. In recent years, intensive preparation of territorial defense has been carried out, and in general this is a set of measures to ensure the defense capability of our country, as well as sudden checks of the combat readiness of the armed forces and internal troops. The powder needs to be kept dry.
The Deputy also drew attention to the difficult world situation:
- Unfortunately, the world situation does not allow us to look at the situation in rose-colored glasses. So we're going to go two ways. That is, we will try to reduce the conflict in our region with diplomatic tools, because everyone will suffer. Alas, there is an opinion of experts that the region of Central Europe is preparing for a major war. They are trying to sacrifice these countries: Poland, the Baltic States, Romania, like Ukraine. That is, there will be an arena for clarifying relationships. We don't need that.
Belarus has both political and military tools to protect its interests
- It’s not 1921, fortunately. We have certain influence, political tools, but also, of course, military tools and intend to hone them.
The talk show “Budney” is released on weekdays in the morning on “Alpha Radio”. Each issue discusses the most relevant topics from the life of the country and the world. Political scientists, scientists, public figures and journalists of leading media participate in the discussions. See the full version of the program on the VIDEOBEL.BY website and on the SBTV YouTube channel.
