Belarus begins combat readiness inspection of its Air Force and air defence units

Alexander Lukashenko saluting his military. Stock photo: Getty Images

On 30 September, the Belarusian Defence Ministry commenced the next phase of inspections for its Armed Forces, specifically targeting the readiness of the Air Force and air defence units.

Source: Belarusian Defence Ministry; Belaruski Hajun, an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet

Quote from the Defence Ministry: “The inspection measures are set to progressively intensify, involving all training and combat ranges of the Armed Forces.”

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Details: Belaruski Hajun reports that the inspection is expected to involve two anti-aircraft missile brigades, two air surveillance brigades, five anti-aircraft missile regiments and three air bases.

It is also planned to call up reserve conscripts to be engaged in the inspection.

Background: 

• In March-April 2024, Belarus launched an inspection of the combat readiness of the 120th Air Defence Missile Brigade.
• On 3 September, the Belarusian Defence Ministry began military exercises in the Hrodna and Brest districts bordering Poland and Lithuania, which will last until the end of September.
• On 26 August 2024, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry reported that Ukrainian intelligence agencies had information that Belarus had concentrated significant forces in the Gomel Oblast near Ukraine’s northern border.
• Over more than two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has repeatedly claimed that NATO could attack Belarus.
• This “threat” has led Belarus to conduct numerous military exercises near the borders of other countries and to deploy Russian nuclear weapons on its territory.

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