Posted on 10/11/2022 6:01:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Belarus has ordered its troops to be tested for 'combat readiness' amid reports of Russian soldiers flooding into the country 'by the trainload', after dictator Alexander Lukashenko announced he will deploy a 'joint military task force' with Moscow - a move Minsk claims is 'purely defensive'.
The combat readiness test, ordered by Lukashenko, was announced as the head of his secret service said he expected to see a 'turning point' in Vladimir Putin's invasion in the coming months.
Belarusian news agency BelTA reported Tuesday that the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus had 'begun a test of the Armed Forces of Belarus in accordance with instructions of the head of state' - echoing Russian rhetoric leading up to the invasion of Ukraine, in which Russia claimed it was carrying out military drills on the border.
'The test is comprehensive and covers the most important matters concerning the readiness of army units for carrying out their missions,' the agency reported, noting that units will practice 'switching to combat-ready state' while undertaking marching drills, deployment drills and combat training missions.
The deployment has raised fears that Belarusian troops could join Russian forces in their struggling mission to capture and hold territory in east Ukraine.
Minsk said Tuesday that the contingent of Belarusian troops deploying alongside Russian forces was a 'purely defensive' grouping whose aim was to defend the borders of the ex-Soviet republic closely aligned with Russia.
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War against Ukraine is very unpopular in Belarus. This may not turn out as Lukashenko hopes.
apparently we shall soon see some fireworks for our tax dollars and maybe bomb them all (plus ourselves) back to the stone age
I predict Belarus will fail it’s military readiness test. If the readiness of Russia has been an indicator, Belarus will be much worse.
Flashback to August 2020:
Belarus's leader pleads for Putin's help as post-election protests grow
Although Lukashenko might be Putin’s buddy, the country as whole is not very supportive of Russia. In fact there was a story that something like 10,000 Belarusian volunteers are already fighting in Ukraine...FOR the Ukrainians. But if Lukashenko did send it his troops it would be a non-issue. The Belarusian army is, on paper, 62,000 strong, but in reality, only about 15,000 are considered combat ready. Not to mention they are poorly trained and equipped with 50 year old Soviet era hand-me-down equipment. In other words, they would be little more than cannon fodder for the high tech NATO weaponry that Ukraine now has.
They’ll be a very big FAIL
“Within weeks?” In the winter? LOL!
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