{"id":135047,"date":"2025-04-21T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-spring-call-up-to-start-on-april-22","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135047\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; spring call-up to start on April 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/recruit_mil-e1698131695141.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk file photo)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Conscripts will be called up for service in the Belarusian Armed Forces, the interior ministry&#8217;s Internal Troops, state security services and border guard units starting on April 22, the defense ministry&#8217;s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed an edict to that effect on March 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 10,000 people are expected to be drafted during the annual spring call-up in April and May. The number is similar to the recent fall call-up. New recruits are expected to take the oath of enlistment on May 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 1,000 conscripts will join the special operations forces, the 72nd Combined Arms Training Center for Warrant Officers and Junior Specialists in Pie\u010dy, Minsk region, and the Minsk Military Commandant\u2019s Office tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military enlistment offices plan to summon about 43,000 people for mental, physical and moral fitness examination this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">KGB brands five former policemen, three other regime critics as terrorists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 21, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) has added eight more people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,&quot; including five former police officers from the Minsk region&#039;s \u017dodzina, according to the updated document published on &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/135048\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 21, Pozirk. Conscripts will be called up for service in the Belarusian Armed Forces, the interior ministry&#8217;s Internal Troops, state security services and border guard units starting on April 22, the defense ministry&#8217;s press office reports. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed an edict to that effect on March 6. About 10,000 people are expected to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":7471,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-135047","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus&#039; spring call-up to start on April 22 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 21, Pozirk. 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