{"id":101000,"date":"2024-08-18T18:44:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T15:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101000\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lukasenka-threatens-west-with-turning-defensive-plans-into-offensive-ones","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101000\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka threatens West with turning defensive plans into offensive ones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru.jpg 870w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Illustration photo        <span>(Kremlin press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has threatened the West with a possible offensive in an interview with the Russian television channel <em>Rossiya<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interview was recorded on August 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the excerpts released today, \u0141uka\u0161enka said that he and Vladimir Putin had longstanding defensive plans for the western sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If necessary, we will turn them into offensive ones,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He warned enemies not to imagine kneeling on his and Putin&#8217;s chests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We see where they can deal the heaviest blow to our union and our joint group [of forces], so we are not weakening anything in the West,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that Belarus had strengthened its army with &#8220;serious&#8221; Russian weapons, both conventional and nuclear ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/xrenin_minoborony-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/xrenin_minoborony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/xrenin_minoborony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/xrenin_minoborony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/xrenin_minoborony-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/xrenin_minoborony.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Weeks after \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s no-complications assessment, defense minister warns of probable \u201carmed provocations\u201d from Ukraine<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 16, Pozirk. 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