Lukashenko Frightened By NATO Exercises Near The Border With Belarus

• 1.07.2025, 20:42

The dictator said the Alliance's exercises were taking place "virtually on our soil."

Alexander Lukashenko said that NATO's Defender 25 exercises are taking place "actually on our land."

Lukashenko said that NATO exercises are taking place 10-15 kilometers from the border with Belarus." "This is not even the distance of one throw, it is already actually on our land. We see these 'defenders' with an offensive scenario in all its glory," he said.

The usurper added that in order to reduce tensions in the region, Minsk and Moscow have reduced the number of troops that will participate in the West-2025 exercises. He also said their venue had been moved deep inside Belarus, "hundreds of kilometers away from the border."

NATO's Defender 25 exercise took place in May and June. The first stage was held from May 11 to 31 in Lithuania and Latvia, which border Belarus, as well as in Finland, Sweden and Norway. 6,000 servicemen took part in them.