Belarus MoD responds to NATO

Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, in an interview, echoed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's words about the need to prepare for a war of "massive scale." Khrenin emphasized that the generation of victors and vanquished had issued a challenge and called for learning history so that "if it happens again, we will all become the Brest Fortress." He noted that in case of an impending threat, "we will turn into a tsunami wave and wash them away again." The statement refers to the experience of the previous war, as well as current and potential threats to national security.

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Belarus is closely cooperating with Russia on security and military policy, but in recent years has been paying attention to its own defense planning and engagement with Western countries.