Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he had ordered the formation of a new volunteer territorial defense so everyone knows how to 'handle weapons' and be ready to respond to an act of aggression and keep public order in peacetime.
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“At least in order to protect his family, if needed, his home, his own piece of land and – if necessary – his country.” Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin said the territorial defense force will have 100,000-150,000 volunteers, or more if needed. The paramilitary formation will be ideally in every village and town.
The dependence has fanned fears in Kyiv that Putin would pressure Lukashenko to join a fresh ground offensive and open a new front in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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