{"id":120453,"date":"2025-01-02T02:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T23:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120453\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"more-than-25000-interior-veterans-ready-to-take-up-arms-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120453\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 25,000 police veterans ready to take up arms, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 2, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs’ veterans are ready to take up arms, ministry head Ivan Kubrako\u016d said in his New Year’s video address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Every year the veteran organization is growing larger and larger. Today, there are more than 25,000 veterans. Our veterans are ready to defend our Motherland in any situation,” Kubrako\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 6, he said there were 27,000 interior veterans in the country, and announced their involvement in the ongoing election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the minister, 2024 was a hard year for the police and the internal troops. “Despite the difficult situation around our borders, police officers ensured a high level of security in our country,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior minister has been on Western sanctions lists since 2020. At that time, he led the main directorate of the Minsk Police Department, which was involved in a crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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