Belarus Deploys Troops ‘Head on’ at NATO Border
Apr 26, 2024 2:48:01 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Apr 26, 2024 2:48:01 GMT -5
Belarus Deploys Troops ‘Head on’ at NATO Border, Says Lukashenko, Accuses NATO of Provocations That Risk ‘Nuclear Apocalypse’
OLIVER JJ LANE
26 Apr 2024
NATO is turning Poland and the Baltic into a “military bridgehead” as a prelude to using “extreme military force” against Russian puppet Belarus, that country’s long-serving dictator Alexander Lukashenko has told the national ‘People’s Congress’ on Thursday.
Belarus has accused NATO of launching “combat drone” strikes against its capital and of building military bases close to their border, which Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko — euphemistically called a ‘strongman’ leader in reports for his extremely long time in power and disinterested approach to democracy — warned risked nuclear war.
The allegations have been rejected by Western figures as “continuous hostile provocation” and as a retrospective justification by Lukashenko for Belarus having recently acquired nuclear weapons possibly in contravention of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968.
Speaking to delegates in a wide-ranging and lengthy speech, Lukashenko said “airfields, naval bases, training grounds are being improved at a rapid pace” by Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia, the three NATO countries lying to the north west of his country. Responding to this perceived aggression, the 69-year-old president who has been in power for approaching 30 years said the Belarussian army had moved combat units up ready to defy this alleged affront.
While saying “We’re not planning to fight them … We don’t need that”, Lukashenko mocked Poland for rapidly expanding its armed forces, which he claimed was needless and detrimental to their economy. He said in comments reproduced by Belarussian state media that: “We deployed a couple of battalions from Vitebsk and are now standing head-on with NATO. Battalions of full operational readiness. Ready to leave the home bases within three hours.”
One of the threats Belarus faces, he said, is from the Belarusian diaspora which fled abroad seeking work, but he claims didn’t find the West as hospitable as initially supposed. These disaffected Belarus expats are now being radicalised and armed by Western intelligence agencies and will be used to invade Western Belarus, Lukashenko claimed without immediately producing evidence. Breitbart London has asked the Belarus government for clarity on these claims.
These developments are ultimately the responsibility of the United States, the President asserted in his speech, which is alleged to be preparing military action against Belarus, broadly regarded as a Russian client state in the west. He said: “It is obvious that Poland and the Baltic countries are being purposefully turned into a military bridgehead for its possible use by NATO. Almost everything has been done to get the NATO leadership ready for a decision to use military force, including extreme military force.”
The remarks may be read with a dash of irony by European observers, who — despite Lukashenko’s insistence that “Washington is doing everything to drag our country into the conflict” — may recall he allowed Belarus to be used as a springboard for Russia to launch its re-invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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OLIVER JJ LANE
26 Apr 2024
NATO is turning Poland and the Baltic into a “military bridgehead” as a prelude to using “extreme military force” against Russian puppet Belarus, that country’s long-serving dictator Alexander Lukashenko has told the national ‘People’s Congress’ on Thursday.
Belarus has accused NATO of launching “combat drone” strikes against its capital and of building military bases close to their border, which Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko — euphemistically called a ‘strongman’ leader in reports for his extremely long time in power and disinterested approach to democracy — warned risked nuclear war.
The allegations have been rejected by Western figures as “continuous hostile provocation” and as a retrospective justification by Lukashenko for Belarus having recently acquired nuclear weapons possibly in contravention of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1968.
Speaking to delegates in a wide-ranging and lengthy speech, Lukashenko said “airfields, naval bases, training grounds are being improved at a rapid pace” by Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia, the three NATO countries lying to the north west of his country. Responding to this perceived aggression, the 69-year-old president who has been in power for approaching 30 years said the Belarussian army had moved combat units up ready to defy this alleged affront.
While saying “We’re not planning to fight them … We don’t need that”, Lukashenko mocked Poland for rapidly expanding its armed forces, which he claimed was needless and detrimental to their economy. He said in comments reproduced by Belarussian state media that: “We deployed a couple of battalions from Vitebsk and are now standing head-on with NATO. Battalions of full operational readiness. Ready to leave the home bases within three hours.”
One of the threats Belarus faces, he said, is from the Belarusian diaspora which fled abroad seeking work, but he claims didn’t find the West as hospitable as initially supposed. These disaffected Belarus expats are now being radicalised and armed by Western intelligence agencies and will be used to invade Western Belarus, Lukashenko claimed without immediately producing evidence. Breitbart London has asked the Belarus government for clarity on these claims.
These developments are ultimately the responsibility of the United States, the President asserted in his speech, which is alleged to be preparing military action against Belarus, broadly regarded as a Russian client state in the west. He said: “It is obvious that Poland and the Baltic countries are being purposefully turned into a military bridgehead for its possible use by NATO. Almost everything has been done to get the NATO leadership ready for a decision to use military force, including extreme military force.”
The remarks may be read with a dash of irony by European observers, who — despite Lukashenko’s insistence that “Washington is doing everything to drag our country into the conflict” — may recall he allowed Belarus to be used as a springboard for Russia to launch its re-invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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