26 January 2026

Lukashenko: Army readiness inspection will continue until spring

The combat readiness inspection in the Armed Forces will continue until spring, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss a project to set up an educational center for gifted youth offering training in the professions of the future in Minsk on 26 January, BelTA has learned.

 
The head of state, speaking about technological development, noted that currently, people are simply going crazy over unmanned aerial vehicles: “Entire plants and factories are churning them out. And not only Ukrainians and Russians, who are using them for warfare today. Their use has proved quite effective.” 

In this regard, the president recalled that the army readiness inspection is currently in progress: “It will continue under these serious conditions until spring.”

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