{"id":198043,"date":"2026-07-31T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:23:42","slug":"defense-ministry-organizing-training-camps-for-those-missing-harvesting-targets","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198043\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense ministry organizing training camps for those missing harvesting targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 31, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The defense ministry has announced preparations for holding military drills for the poorly performing farm staff, including managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In cooperation with local authorities, the defense ministry is developing call-up procedures for workers who have failed to perform their duties properly during the 2026 harvesting season, according to the ministry\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a government conference on July 21, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka directed that such individuals should be sent to southern Belarus to guard the border with Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, why should we handcuff people amid personnel shortages?\u201d the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office quoted him as saying. \u201cAsk [Defense Minister Viktar] Chrenin, pass my instructions to him: everyone who doesn\u2019t know how to work should be with the army, at the southern border. In the forest. Our guys, the Special Operations Forces, have been deployed there along the Ukrainian border by my order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka claimed that Belarus is \u201cnot planning to attack anyone\u201d but simply taking precautions. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy \u2014 mosquitoes, flies, midges and so on. So send them there, to be with the army. As ordinary soldiers. After week of training, [with] a grenade launcher, a machine gun, put them at the disposal of the Special Operations Forces,\u201d he added. \u0141uka\u0161enka stressed that his order applies to all workers, including government officials of all levels. Those who lack skill to operate \u201ca tractor or a combine harvester or turn a wrench\u201d should do military service during the harvesting season, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military recruitment center officials have subsequently started visiting agricultural companies to identify poor workers who should be punished with military service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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