Lukashenko on military training and exercises: if we want to live, we must be able to do everything
September 16, 2025
By conducting the planned Belarusian-Russian exercises "West-2025", Belarus is not threatening anyone, it is training its military so that they can do everything. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the state awards ceremony, according to a BELTA correspondent.
"The exercises that are currently taking place in Belarus are planned. They are Belarusian-Russian exercises. And we are practicing everything there. They know this too, we are not hiding it. From shooting with conventional small arms to nuclear warheads. Again, we must be able to do all this. Otherwise, why is it on the territory of Belarus. But we are not going to threaten anyone with this in any way," the Belarusian leader stated.
And if someone needs to justify their actions – the crazed ones living next door – well, that's their problem, let them deceive their people. This is for a while. As I said, Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians are smart people, they will figure out what the problems are. As the Ukrainians figured out, by the way. We have fewer problems with them, although there is a war going on there," Alexander Lukashenko noted.
In this regard, the President addressed the servicemen: "Always be vigilant. Today, fortunately, Russians can do a lot. Unfortunately, due to the war. And they are ready to transfer their skills and training to us for free. We must learn. If we want to live, we must be able to do everything. This is what I am saying as a military man to the servicemen."