{"id":82597,"date":"2024-04-28T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T19:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/82597\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"defense-ministry-preparing-snipers-for-use-in-combat-operations-former-interior-minister","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/82597\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense ministry preparing snipers for use in combat operations \u2013 former interior minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian defense ministry set up a training program for snipers as the number of those willing to undergo it exceeds all expectations, Ihar \u0160unievi\u010d, former interior minister and chairman of the Belarusian Hunters and Fishermen Society, has told <em>STV<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will gradually increase the potential numbers of those who, if necessary, can be used as specialists. . . &nbsp;in military operations,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian Society of Hunters and Fishermen under \u0160unievi\u010d\u2019s leadership started involving its members in protecting national security. Currently, the society has about 60,000 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November, he claimed that Belarusians owned about 100,000 hunting firearms. Hunters can act as support personnel for snipers, \u0160unievi\u010d said at that time, commenting on their potential recruitment to people\u2019s militia units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Former interior minister wants hunters to man sniper crews<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 20, Pozirk. Belarusians own about 100,000 hunting firearms, Ihar \u0160unievi\u010d, head of the Belarusian Society of Hunters and Fishermen, told ONT in an interview broadcast on Sunday evening. Hunters can act as support personnel for snipers, \u0160unievi\u010d, a former &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/50205\">\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>April 28, Pozirk. The Belarusian defense ministry set up a training program for snipers as the number of those willing to undergo it exceeds all expectations, Ihar \u0160unievi\u010d, former interior minister and chairman of the Belarusian Hunters and Fishermen Society, has told STV. &#8220;We will gradually increase the potential numbers of those who, if necessary, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82607,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-82597","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Defense ministry preparing snipers for use in combat operations \u2013 former interior minister | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 28, Pozirk. 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