SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2026|No. 8793
Belarus · Politics · Threat

Lukashenko threatens to send rule-breakers to military border duty

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to send citizens who violate labor discipline to military service on the southern border with Ukraine.

Lukashenko stated that a week of training would suffice for new recruits to serve as ordinary soldiers in the Special Operations Forces.
Lukashenko stated that a week of training would suffice for new recruits to serve as ordinary soldiers in the Special Operations Forces.
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The "authorities" of the country are frightening their citizens with forced transfer from civilian to military. Even the grounds for this step have been invented.

This was stated by Alexander Lukashenko to the "Pool of the First" in Telegram.

Lukashenko said that there are several "offenses" for citizens of Belarus for which they can be sent to military service:

  • not fulfilling their duties,
  • violating labor discipline during the harvest.

Moreover, this applies to both ordinary workers and officials at all levels, Lukashenko cynically asserts.

The dictator promised to send his citizens precisely to the units that are serving on the border with Ukraine.

"Pass on my instruction to Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin: everyone who cannot work – into the army and to the southern border. To the forest. Our guys, the Special Operations Forces, are stationed along the Ukrainian border on my order," says Lukashenko.

The dictator of Belarus stated that after just a week of training, such people can be sent to the SSO as ordinary soldiers.

"A week of training – grenade launcher, machine gun – and then there, at the disposal of the Special Operations Forces," he says.

At the same time, Lukashenko once again noted that Belarus allegedly does not plan to attack neighboring states.

"This does not mean that we are going to attack someone. We are not attacking anyone, we are ensuring our security," Lukashenko said.

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