Belarus has formed militia units in the border regions with Poland and Lithuania to ensure the safety of the movement of military columns, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Saturday..
“In two rural executive committees of the Volkovysk district (Gomel region of Belarus - ed.. ) for the first time, detachments of the people's militia were formed.
The detachments perform the tasks of ensuring public order during a comprehensive check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces, and also ensure the safety of the movement of military columns..
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Earlier, Belarus extended the check of combat readiness of military units involved in crisis response. As part of such a check, it is planned to call up to a thousand conscripts.
As reported, Lithuania lifted the state of emergency on the border with Belarus and Russia.