“If it is necessary for the security of the Union State that we are building, for the security of Belarus and Russia, to deploy here all armed forces with all types of weapons, they will be deployed here immediately.
Now there is no need for this, we have quite strong, cohesive, compact armed forces, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenka.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu said that the joint strategic military maneuvers Zapad-2021 with Belarus, planned for the fall, are exclusively defensive in nature.