Ukraine’s bad experience: Belarus army has action plan in case of aggression – expert
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Yury Tsarik: After the events in crimea and Donbas Belarus adopted a new defense plan and directive on the protection of the state.
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Dzyanis Ivashyn: The plan will stall as the entire General Staff is full of agents of Russian influence due to the fact that they were trained in Russian military universities; there are many people of Russian origin, Russians take senior command positions. <…> Lukashenka is a hostage to the situation he has built for two decades.
Host: Experts say that many patriots in the army…
Yury Tsaryk: The level of patriotism in the Belarusian army is quite high, but I agree that there are lots of problems as well. But considering the recent Crimean events, the selection of personnel, particularly at the level of the General Staff, was very careful. That is why I doubt that the plan will stall.
I think with you that we do have a problem with personnel, especially at the local level, it is not being solved quickly enough. In order to avoid causing an international scandal, we should find a proper approach to our soldiers when saying to them that they might have to fight in a potential war with Russia. It is clear that if a new paradigm is put clumsily, the agents will spill the beans and the Russian side will know about it very soon.