{"id":44973,"date":"2022-12-19T17:21:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/surprise-military-drills-completed-defense-ministry\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"surprise-military-drills-completed-defense-ministry","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44973\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise military drills completed \u2013 defense ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 19, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Belarusian Armed Forces\u2019 combat readiness check has been completed, the press office of the Ministry of Defense reported on December 19.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe Armed Forces\u2019 units that were involved in the combat readiness check\u2026 have returned to their scheduled combat training exercises,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p> The surprise drills began on&nbsp;December 13 on the instructions of Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, under the supervision of the Security Council\u2019s state secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>Security Council head Alaksandr Valfovi\u010d said that drills mainly involved&nbsp;immediate-response military units. \u201cFirst of all, the check will affect the permanently ready units that will be solving issues if the situation on the borders of Belarus or inside the country aggravates,\u201d Valfovi\u010d said.<\/p>\n<p> A wide range of tasks will be carried&nbsp;out during the check, he added: a long-distance march in unfamiliar terrain, guarding various objects, establishing firing positions, and performing firing and tactical tasks.<\/p>\n<p>The drills came amid a national drive to verify draft-age Belarusians\u2019 data and Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. The Belarusian ruler had admitted that Belarus participated in Russia\u2019s war, but said it was \u201cnot killing anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 19, BPN. The Belarusian Armed Forces\u2019 combat readiness check has been completed, the press office of the Ministry of Defense reported on December 19. \u201cThe Armed Forces\u2019 units that were involved in the combat readiness check\u2026 have returned to their scheduled combat training exercises,\u201d it said. The surprise drills began on&nbsp;December 13 on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44973","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Surprise military drills completed \u2013 defense ministry | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 19, BPN. 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