{"id":207723,"date":"2026-10-16T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207723\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:54:09","slug":"lukasenka-seeks-to-expand-peoples-militia-network","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207723\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka seeks to expand people\u2019s militia network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Belarusian leader's press office)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

October 16, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The existing network of people\u2019s militia units needs to be expanded, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has said while visiting the Vierchniad\u017avinsk district in the Vicibsk region, bordering Latvia and Russia, his press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have one unit, a good unit. But that\u2019s not enough. We need to expand. We need to create more such basic units elsewhere. They must be interconnected,\u201d the Belarusian ruler said after observing a training session of a unit formed staff of a local hunting preserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery village council should have a people\u2019s militia unit,\u201d the politician stressed. \u201cThat is the core. In the event of hostilities, this core can be expanded. The village council serves as the foundation for the people\u2019s militia. Weapons have been prepared for you. That\u2019s the military\u2019s job. You will have assault rifles, grenades and machine guns. And then there are the UAVs. It\u2019s good that you\u2019ve mastered the use of drones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main thing isn\u2019t even shooting. The main thing is physical training. You must learn to dodge a bullet,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago, \u0141uka\u0161enka instructed former Interior Minister Ihar \u0160unievi\u010d, who now chairs the Belarusian Society of Hunters and Fishers, to draw hunters to the people\u2019s militia units. Those hunters who are not called up by military enlistment offices \u201cwill certainly take part in any action necessary for the defense of the state,\u201d he said at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler ordered the formation of people\u2019s militia units in Belarus a few months after Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine, in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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