Lukashenko instructed to send poorly employed people to guard the border with Ukraine

In Belarus, workers and officials who disrupt the harvesting campaign or violate discipline in agriculture will be forcibly sent to military service on the border with Ukraine. About this on July 21 during the conference call, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said.

"An assignment for him (Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin. Give me my message: all those who do not know how to work, go to the army and to the southern border. Into the forest. Our guys, the special operations forces, are dispersed along the Ukrainian border on my orders," BelTA news agency quoted the Belarusian leader as saying.

The President pointed out that with the existing shortage of personnel, it is pointless to use arrests, so the perpetrators will be sent to serve as ordinary ordinary soldiers after an accelerated week of training in handling a machine gun and a grenade launcher. Lukashenko stressed that this decision is not related to Minsk's plans to attack neighboring countries, but solely due to ensuring its own security on the borders.

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On June 25, Lukashenko spoke about a meeting with representatives of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, at which he warned the Ukrainian delegation that Kiev's attempt to involve Minsk in the conflict would instantly change its quality. At the same time, he stressed that Minsk does not want to fight with Ukrainians, who in turn do not want to fight with Belarusians.