“I will ask additionally, since the tense situation on the western borders, to transfer an airborne brigade from Vitebsk to Grodno,” Lukashenka quotes BelTA.
Earlier, Lukashenko said that he had reached an agreement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin that Russia, at the first request, would provide assistance to Belarus in ensuring security in the event of external military threats.
Also, the press secretary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Vladimir Zainetdinov said that Belarus can turn to the CSTO for help if its defense is threatened by an external threat.