{"id":45741,"date":"2023-02-16T20:06:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T17:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-says-belarusian-russian-group-of-forces-to-fall-under-his-control-in-case-of-aggression\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-says-belarusian-russian-group-of-forces-to-fall-under-his-control-in-case-of-aggression","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45741\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says Belarusian-Russian group of forces to fall under his control in case of aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 16, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b>&nbsp;Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka told foreign journalists in Minsk on February 16 that he will be in charge of the Belarusian-Russian regional group of forces if Belarus comes under attack.<\/p>\n<p> At a press conference for foreign media, he said Russian troops were in Belarus \u201cto be ready to repel aggression against Belarus together, if necessary,\u201d \u201cnot to attack Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cPresident [Vladimir] Putin and I have agreed that if aggression suddenly occurs against Belarus, this division is transferred to&nbsp;my command&nbsp;to fight in the joint group of Belarus and Russia,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe have it all written down so that the Americans won\u2019t reproach us for hiding something. We clearly understand the number of tanks, IFVs, the number of people and so on. We don\u2019t hide the fact that a large group of air force and air defense troops has been redeployed to Belarus. I have them at the airfields. It was my strictest demand: no matter how difficult it is in Ukraine, but what belongs to the joint group must be in Belarus, at least sometimes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p> He went on to say that Belarusian and Russian military aircraft fly \u201calong and across\u201d Belarus. At the same time, the Belarusian military leadership relies on \u201cRussian air reconnaissance, and the A-50 reconnaissance aircraft was also redeployed here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cYou\u2019ve seen the US spy aircraft flying along our border. They don\u2019t come close, but they do spy. We fly in response, training our group. And so it will be,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said.<\/p>\n<p>The joint regional group of forces has been formed since last October, amid Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. The Belarusian leadership supports the Kremlin in this aggression, although the Belarusian army is not involved in the fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 16, BPN.&nbsp;Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka told foreign journalists in Minsk on February 16 that he will be in charge of the Belarusian-Russian regional group of forces if Belarus comes under attack. 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