{"id":146251,"date":"2025-07-10T22:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146251\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"general-says-belarus-has-volunteer-corps-in-every-district","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146251\/","title":{"rendered":"General says Belarus has volunteer corps in every district"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 118 administrative districtshave formed people\u2019s volunteer corps, said the chief of staff of the army, General Pavie\u0142 Muraviejka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn&nbsp;fact, people\u2019s volunteer corps exist in every district of our country today. Some large village councils even have several such units,\u201d he told <em>SB. Belarus Segodnya<\/em> in a video interview released today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Muraviejka, many of these units are led by the chairwomen of village councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian Armed Forces organize territorial troops in wartime or during military or political tensions. Consisting of reservists, the troops&nbsp;perform auxiliary functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the 2023 law on volunteer corps, they are tasked with assisting territorial internal affairs bodies in enforcing martial law and protecting property \u201cfrom criminal and other unlawful encroachments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, Internal Troops Commander Mika\u0142aj Karpianko\u016d announced that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was recruiting \u201ctough guys\u201d who had served in the army in the 1970s and 1980s (in their 60s) to join the volunteer corps along the border with Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vilnius_POZ_Archive_744-496-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vilnius_POZ_Archive_744-496-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vilnius_POZ_Archive_744-496.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuanian officials hide in shelter after drone incursion from Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 10, Pozirk. Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas and Seimas Speaker Saulius Skvernelis spent some time in shelters today after a drone crossed from Belarus into Lithuania and fell at around 11:30 a.m. approximately one kilometer from the border, LRT &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/146207\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 10, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 118 administrative districtshave formed people\u2019s volunteer corps, said the chief of staff of the army, General Pavie\u0142 Muraviejka. \u201cIn&nbsp;fact, people\u2019s volunteer corps exist in every district of our country today. Some large village councils even have several such units,\u201d he told SB. Belarus Segodnya in a video interview released today. 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