{"id":45220,"date":"2023-01-06T18:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/kgb-says-counterterrorism-drills-held-in-minsk-viciebsk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"kgb-says-counterterrorism-drills-held-in-minsk-viciebsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45220\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB says counterterrorism drills held in Minsk, Viciebsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 6, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Committee for State Security (KGB) says exercises to check government agencies\u2019 readiness to cooperate and respond to acts of terrorism have been held in the Minsk and Viciebsk regions since January 5.<\/p>\n<p> Units of the KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Border Committee, Ministry of Emergency Situations and other bodies participate in the drills, it said. The scenario involves the use of military hardware.<\/p>\n<p> A check of the state\u2019s counterterrorism system was held on December 7-8&nbsp;under the Security Council\u2019s supervision.<\/p>\n<p> In February 2022, Russia had used Belarus as a launchpad for an offensive on Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Minsk often claim that NATO and Ukraine prepare an attack on their country, arguing that a Russian-Belarusian group of forces has defensive goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 6, BPN. The Committee for State Security (KGB) says exercises to check government agencies\u2019 readiness to cooperate and respond to acts of terrorism have been held in the Minsk and Viciebsk regions since January 5. Units of the KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Border Committee, Ministry of Emergency Situations and other bodies participate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45220","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>KGB says counterterrorism drills held in Minsk, Viciebsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 6, BPN. 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