{"id":120580,"date":"2025-01-03T21:45:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120580\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"internal-troops-are-one-third-elite-units-commander","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120580\/","title":{"rendered":"Third of internal troops are members of elite units \u2013 commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 3, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Internal Troops formed elite special task units in every region of Belarus last year, with membership rising to 35 percent of the total personnel, Deputy Interior Minister Mika\u0142aj Karpianko\u016d said, describing this as a unique historical development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Significant successes have been achieved in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles,” Karpianko\u016d said in his New Year’s address, according to state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Much has been done to introduce modern technologies and improve intelligence, communications systems and electronic warfare,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructors “with real combat experience” continued to train Belarusian officers, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government involved internal troops in suppressing mass protests in 2020. At the time, Karpianko\u016d headed the interior ministry’s organized crime unit and personally participated in the crackdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2022, the Internal Troops have organized at least 12 special task units. Members of the Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked military contractor, have trained the commandos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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