Lukashenko orders military check after CIA Chief's Moscow visit
Alexander Lukashenko ordered a combat readiness inspection of the country's armed forces on Wednesday, Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovich said, according to the Defense Ministry on Aug. 26.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has ordered a military readiness check after CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow, according to the Defense Ministry on August 26. The decision came following Ratcliffe's secret visit to Moscow for meetings, reported by Reuters on August 25, citing Flightradar24. A U.S. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft landed at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport from Riga, arriving from Washington.
The readiness inspection, which includes one brigade leaving its base for tasks, aims to focus on striking a potential adversary, drawing lessons from Russia's war against Ukraine and the U.S. war against Iran. Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovich assured the public not to panic, stating that "nothing unusual is happening."
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