A military parade marking Independence Day in Belarus and the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from Nazi occupation was held in Minsk on Wednesday.
Footage features Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin and his deputy Andrei Zhuk driving along the lines of troops and greeting military personnel.
The procession included 36 parade units, as well as servicemen from Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that the country’s military was 'capable of preventing any provocation at the state borders'.
"Today, the entire European Union led by the United States is trying to lecture us. We know the true goals, we know who is behind every provocation on the state border of Belarus, behind every terrorist threat to civilians. We know, because we take preventive actions," he claimed.
"We are more vigilant than ever. We have learnt all the lessons of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. And we have only one teacher - our history. The history of the victors," the president continued.
Lukashenko also said that joint Russian-Belarusian non-strategic nuclear exercises showed that the level of the Union State’s defence capability was 'higher than ever before'.
The exercises began on May 21 and were held over three stages.
They came as Russia described 'daily provocations' from Western countries, with French President Emmanuel Macron specifically refusing to 'rule out' sending troops to Ukraine and other nations giving Kiev the 'green light' to use their weapons against Russian territory.
The US hit out at what it called Russia's 'irresponsible rhetoric' over the drills.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Belarusian President Lukashenko attends Independence Day parade in Minsk
A military parade marking Independence Day in Belarus and the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from Nazi occupation was held in Minsk on Wednesday.
Footage features Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin and his deputy Andrei Zhuk driving along the lines of troops and greeting military personnel.
The procession included 36 parade units, as well as servicemen from Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that the country’s military was 'capable of preventing any provocation at the state borders'.
"Today, the entire European Union led by the United States is trying to lecture us. We know the true goals, we know who is behind every provocation on the state border of Belarus, behind every terrorist threat to civilians. We know, because we take preventive actions," he claimed.
"We are more vigilant than ever. We have learnt all the lessons of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. And we have only one teacher - our history. The history of the victors," the president continued.
Lukashenko also said that joint Russian-Belarusian non-strategic nuclear exercises showed that the level of the Union State’s defence capability was 'higher than ever before'.
The exercises began on May 21 and were held over three stages.
They came as Russia described 'daily provocations' from Western countries, with French President Emmanuel Macron specifically refusing to 'rule out' sending troops to Ukraine and other nations giving Kiev the 'green light' to use their weapons against Russian territory.
The US hit out at what it called Russia's 'irresponsible rhetoric' over the drills.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
A military parade marking Independence Day in Belarus and the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from Nazi occupation was held in Minsk on Wednesday.
Footage features Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin and his deputy Andrei Zhuk driving along the lines of troops and greeting military personnel.
The procession included 36 parade units, as well as servicemen from Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that the country’s military was 'capable of preventing any provocation at the state borders'.
"Today, the entire European Union led by the United States is trying to lecture us. We know the true goals, we know who is behind every provocation on the state border of Belarus, behind every terrorist threat to civilians. We know, because we take preventive actions," he claimed.
"We are more vigilant than ever. We have learnt all the lessons of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. And we have only one teacher - our history. The history of the victors," the president continued.
Lukashenko also said that joint Russian-Belarusian non-strategic nuclear exercises showed that the level of the Union State’s defence capability was 'higher than ever before'.
The exercises began on May 21 and were held over three stages.
They came as Russia described 'daily provocations' from Western countries, with French President Emmanuel Macron specifically refusing to 'rule out' sending troops to Ukraine and other nations giving Kiev the 'green light' to use their weapons against Russian territory.
The US hit out at what it called Russia's 'irresponsible rhetoric' over the drills.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.