“The complex of measures that was carried out within the framework of the exercise in the Grodno tactical direction was curtailed, the troops returned to their permanent deployment points, but we continue to adequately respond to what is happening on our state border,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko instructed the Ministry of Defense of the republic to decide whether it is advisable to keep additional forces near the western border of the country.
He noted that the maintenance of additional troops at the borders is "expensive".