Self-proclaimed president of belarus Alexander Lukashenko tried to explain his reaction to Prigozhin's coup in russia. Lukashenko said he ordered all the armed forces of belarus to be in full combat readiness.
Here we should note that all of it describes the events of the past, i.e. what lasted for only one day, from June 23 evening till June 24. That is when Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin tried to brute force his way to Moscow.
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And the full quote by Lukashenko about those events, as he spoke at the ceremony of presenting shoulder straps to high-ranking officers, follows as delivered by belarusian state media;
"When the events took place in russia, I gave all orders to put the army on full combat readiness … In half a day, all the armed forces, including the militsiya (police - ed.), special forces were put on full combat readiness."
Among the other threats, he mentioned a statement released on the day of the unrest in russia by the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment, a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine comprised of belarusian volunteers. The statement said "the proper conditions for the destruction of dictatorship were coming" and called for belarusians to be ready for de-occupation of their country from the Lukashenko regime.
And despite Lukashenko trying to display he's in full control over the situation in belarus and the readiness to protect his regime with all means available, he well understands the reality: he only remains in power as long as Putin's regime exists.
It is quite illustrative that just an announcement of upcoming active resistance by opposition to the belarusian dictatorship makes Alexander Lukashenko mobilize all his forces on alert.
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