{"id":75599,"date":"2024-03-26T14:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T11:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/75599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-inspects-tank-unit-near-lithuania-tells-officers-to-eliminate-all-border-trespassers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/75599\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka inspects tank unit near Lithuania, tells officers to “eliminate” all border trespassers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 26, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian military and border guards should respond harshly to all border violations, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka told officers of a tank battalion stationed in the Hrodna region’s A\u0161miany district near the Lithuanian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I will say it publicly: any provocation must be stopped with weapons,” his press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Stop playing around with them. If they violate the state border, they must be eliminated. No one should be courteous with anyone, and that’s what we’ll do. Any violation of the state border [should mean] elimination. They understand only force.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka is inspecting the unit during the ongoing combat readiness drill that started on March 11 in response to NATO\u2019s Steadfast Defender, a multi-domain exercise, incorporating land, air, sea, cyber and space operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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