Without military Russian: Belarus will deploy a grouping of 70 thousand soldiers - Lukashenko
Answering the questions of journalists about the expected number of Western Group, Lukashenko stated: "Our army you know - about 70 thousand people. This is the basis. " At the same time, the politician noted that "to demand from Russia 10-15 thousand" The soldier is inappropriate, because the Russian Federation is "lacking in others". Lukashenko also assured that he would not allow Belarus to engage in fighting and resist any attempts to do so.
"Of course, as they already declare, I do not want to call sources . . . " We will go straight, "the Americans declare in Warsaw. We see it and hear it . . . It is unlikely . We will remind, this night it became known that in Belarus introduced a regime of counter -terrorist operation. The leadership of the republic explained this step by the fact that Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania are preparing to arrange sabotage in the country, and possibly occupy some Belarusian regions.