Lukashenko: Ukraine conflict prompted Belarus to revisit army modernization plan
udf.byThe recent events in Ukraine have prompted Belarus to revisit the modernization strategy for its Armed Forces, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting in the Defense Ministry of Belarus to discuss military security issues on 26 May, BelTA has learned. “Look, when we met, it was before Russia's military operation in Ukraine, we had a different idea of how to improve and modernize our Armed Forces.
Three months of the confrontation between Ukraine and Russia, of the military operation have passed, and we have realized that we need to drop our initial modernization strategy as it turned out to be too expensive and overall unacceptable for our country.