Reference News Network, January 1** According to TASS news agency on December 31, citing the Belarusian News Agency, Belarus** Lukashenko ordered all agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the internal security forces, to be put on high alert when meeting with the head of the powerful department.
According to the report, the chairman of the ** committee (National Security Committee) Terteli reported to Lukashenko on the situation around Belarus and the situation in the country. The National Security Committee is currently on high alert.
"We are confident that, in general, the situation remains under control," Zerteli said. Our counterparts with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Border Guard, the Ministry of Defense are working on high alert. The National Security Committee is fully prepared to carry out the above-mentioned tasks in all parts of the country and in the capital. ”
Belarusian Defense Minister Khlenin reported to ** on the situation around the country, including the border areas with neighboring countries, and Lukashenko ordered him to be more vigilant. Khlenin responded that a set of measures developed by the Ministry of Defense in conjunction with other departments would "ensure that our citizens spend their weekends and holidays safely."
He mentioned that the level of military deployment of the United States and NATO in Eastern Europe and Belarus's neighboring countries remains high, "the defense of our airspace is planned and undertaken by the most sophisticated troops, and the staffing has been strengthened", and the same is true for the arrangement of intelligence work, and the Ministry of Defense "used all the modern equipment in the column", and in order to avoid a misfire at the border with Ukraine, the most elite special forces were sent there to guard the border.
The report also said that the head of the State Border Committee of Belarus, Molostov, said that the situation in the border areas has not changed significantly, but the situation in the Ukrainian direction is still quite tense. According to Lukashenko's order, the tasks of the corps and the army of the border defense department have been further refined, "the execution of the tasks of the border troops and the border inspection is on high alert", and the campaign and tactical reserve units are also on standby at all times and can perform their duties in the event of a change in the situation. (Compiled by Tong Shi Group).