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00:01:23Good morning, Arsenal is on air, with Ekaterina Lazuka.
00:01:26Meetings on the sidelines of international forums, a special kind of military
00:01:30diplomacy, quick contacts, exchange of opinions
00:01:33sometimes one handshake after several months turns into
00:01:37an official visit or a new channel of interaction. At
00:01:41the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin
00:01:45managed to hold talks with representatives of various
00:01:48countries. The scale of the venue allows this. The forum
00:01:51gathered participants from 100 countries and international organizations.
00:01:55Over 60 delegations were headed by defense ministers
00:01:59and chiefs.
00:02:05On the eve of the forum's opening, Viktor Khrenin met with Chinese Defense Minister
00:02:09Admiral Dong Jun, the parties discussed issues of developing
00:02:12cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence, peacekeeping
00:02:16activities, and training military personnel. In this
00:02:19regard, I would like to express gratitude for
00:02:22the invitation to the peacekeeping
00:02:25courses.
00:02:30which will allow our officers to gain
00:02:33valuable experience from the Chinese side in this
00:02:37area. On the sidelines of the forum, meetings were held
00:02:40between the Belarusian Defense Minister and high-level representatives from
00:02:4414 states. During talks with the head of the Azerbaijani military
00:02:47department, Zakir Hasanov, the parties expressed
00:02:50satisfaction with cooperation in practical terms. And at a meeting with
00:02:54the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Tahi
00:02:58Asanlo, it was noted that Tehran is ready to enhance cooperation in
00:03:02a number of areas in the military sphere, some of which can be
00:03:05implemented in the next 2-3 months. Speaking in
00:03:08the presidium, Viktor Khrenin linked current crises to the profound
00:03:12transformation of the world order. Conflicts in Ukraine, armed
00:03:15confrontations in the Asia-Pacific region,
00:03:18militarization of the Arctic. The multipolar international
00:03:21architecture is taking concrete shape, and this process
00:03:25is accompanied by turbulence and a crisis of global
00:03:28security.
00:03:31We too often see how the same actions
00:03:34receive the opposite assessment
00:03:37depending on who commits
00:03:39them. In one case, they talk about aggression against
00:03:43a sovereign state, in another about
00:03:46the need for armed intervention. Peace
00:03:50begins with dialogue, and security with
00:03:53trust, we are responsible for
00:03:56them. The minister paid special attention
00:04:00to the risks associated with new technologies, autonomous systems,
00:04:03artificial intelligence and the militarization of space, all of which
00:04:06risk unintended escalation. The head of the Belarusian
00:04:09defense department believes that it is critically important to develop
00:04:12common rules for their application. It should be
00:04:16recognized that the main tasks of modern armed forces
00:04:19include not only armed defense of the state,
00:04:23but also conflict prevention. The main condition for
00:04:26the stability of international relations is no longer a balance. The key
00:04:36condition for stability, the minister called not the balance of military force, but
00:04:39shared responsibility and mutual trust. At the same time, Belarus's position
00:04:42is based on concrete proposals, not declarations, and
00:04:46such an approach, as the forum showed, resonates with partners.
00:04:50The visit concluded with a visit to the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in
00:04:53Tiananmen Square. This became a sign of special trust and
00:04:56respect. Viktor Khrenin left an entry in the guest of honor book.
00:05:05Arsenal is on air, about the news of the army week in the information review
00:05:09of the program.
00:05:15One of the units of the mechanized formation of the Northwestern
00:05:18operational command underwent a snap inspection of combat
00:05:21readiness, checked completeness, equipment of personnel,
00:05:24availability and condition of weapons and equipment. One of
00:05:28the goals of these activities is, of course, to check how to eliminate those
00:05:31shortcomings that were identified during the large-scale
00:05:35inspection of the armed forces, which was carried out in the first half of the year, as well as
00:05:39how - the tasks set by the head
00:05:42of state based on the results of the aforementioned
00:05:45inspection are being implemented. Tank crews marched to the designated
00:05:49area, where they began to pass standards in combat
00:05:52training subjects. Also, the guardsmen performed exercises of control firing
00:05:56with standard ammunition at night and during the day. At the same
00:05:59time, the inspection of the combat readiness of the artillery
00:06:02brigade continues. The formation was replenished with military personnel, and the reception
00:06:06of equipment from the national economy was organized. In the near future, the formed
00:06:10units will begin individual
00:06:17and combat coherence. Special Operations Forces received another batch of
00:06:20BTR-82A armored personnel carriers.
00:06:23The solemn ceremony of presenting new combat vehicles took place in
00:06:27Brest. This is not the first delivery of such equipment, for several
00:06:30years now, fighters of mechanized and airborne units have been performing
00:06:34tasks on it. Now, the blue berets will be able to act more effectively
00:06:38when delivering groups to the area, destroying lightly armored enemy
00:06:41equipment,
00:06:43evacuating the wounded.
00:06:46Also, the Special Operations Forces unit was replenished with new
00:06:49fuel tankers. In a solemn ceremony, Deputy Minister of Defense for
00:06:53Logistics Alexander Masolov handed over forms and keys to vehicles
00:06:57of domestic
00:06:58production to the units.
00:07:02Tactical and special exercises concluded at the Sipovichsky training ground.
00:07:05During the training, actions of artillery systems were practiced.
00:07:08Crews supported combined arms units with fire.
00:07:17One of the features of the training is the use of Krasnopol-type
00:07:20projectiles, whose laser homing head
00:07:23provides almost 100%
00:07:25hit.
00:07:28The premiere of the documentary film by Voen TV "Peace by
00:07:32Touch" took place at the Belarus cinema. The film tells
00:07:35about the life and work of the composer and performer Daniil Saveni,
00:07:39soloist of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble.
00:08:12is protected only if united, and united if
00:08:15protected. In Belarus, they understand the price at which the nation was united,
00:08:19and they see what efforts some Western countries are making to
00:08:23split the republic. In response, Minsk does not wave its fists and does not
00:08:26stamp out divisions. We are open for constructive dialogue, but we do not
00:08:30bend under threats. Belarus builds its future, relying on a rich
00:08:34history, its values and determination to defend peace by all
00:08:38means. And this is not a divorce. With you Svetlana Smyk. Good afternoon.
00:08:41These days, hundreds of events, flower-laying ceremonies, motor rallies,
00:08:45and round tables are taking place across the country, and the theses are frank. We have finally
00:08:49started to look directly, without blinking, at the past. We talk about the events of
00:08:531939 as a great achievement of the people, an example of national
00:08:56attraction, a precursor to current unity and
00:08:59pride. In the 1930s, the Polish authorities called us cattle, dog's
00:09:03blood, and we flew into space. By 1939,
00:09:06not a single Belarusian school was left, and now we have advanced science
00:09:10on the continent. Our faith was oppressed. Now there is no hint
00:09:13of interfaith misunderstanding. Today we
00:09:16also remember, remember that the territories annexed by Poland
00:09:20were returned to the Belarusian Soviet Socialist
00:09:23Republic, and no matter how anyone tries to tell
00:09:26you, young people, through
00:09:29fashionable social networks or in some other way, their
00:09:33versions of events, we must tell the truth, not
00:09:37a convenient one for everyone, about the fact that in those years in our western regions under
00:09:40the guise of sanation.
00:10:12We hit a nodal and painful point for our opponents from
00:10:15the West. Paradoxically, neither the alliance with Russia, nor the appearance of nuclear
00:10:19weapons on the territory of the Republic, nor even the tension on the border with
00:10:22Ukraine, cause such poisonous irritation
00:10:26as the decision of Belarusians to live an independent and sovereign life, because our
00:10:29proud originality goes against the philosophy of subjugating the weak,
00:10:33against the thesis that only Western democracy and civilization bring peace
00:10:37and justice. Under this democracy, we would not exist at all, as
00:10:40a state and nation, but we exist as an example of efficiency, sincerity
00:10:44and openness. Our land has been reborn from
00:10:48the ashes many times, we were not broken by bloody campaigns against the Eastern
00:10:51Slavs, nor by the First World and Great Patriotic Wars.
00:10:55I have said many times: we, Belarusians, do not need what belongs to others,
00:10:58neither land, nor wealth, nor ideas, we have a beautiful
00:11:02country, a hardworking people, you, rich
00:11:05traditions, cultural, political, we do not impose
00:11:08our philosophy of life on anyone, but
00:11:12an imported philosophy will not
00:11:14take root here either. By the way, our unity, including territorial, still
00:11:18does not give peace to Warsaw itself, they have not abandoned their dreams of
00:11:21the Eastern Kresy with open arms in Poland. Only
00:11:25those who work to split Belarus were accepted, while the neighboring country
00:11:29greedily arms itself, similar processes are taking place in the Baltic countries,
00:11:32Ukraine, so our unity must be with fists, they
00:11:36are traditionally behind our backs, we only use them in exercises,
00:11:39inspections, gatherings, perhaps, it is the army that fully
00:11:43embodies the essence of the concept of national unity, through
00:11:46the armed forces in military-patriotic clubs,
00:11:48cadet schools, compulsory and contract service, in the training of territorial
00:11:52defense forces, people's militia pass representatives. of all strata
00:11:56of society, in the troops comes the realization of the main thing:
00:11:59whether you are a builder, an IT specialist or an entrepreneur, your country
00:12:02is united only if protected, protected only if
00:12:06united.
00:12:11A great gift for the Day of National Unity was prepared by Belarusian
00:12:15builders, in just 17 months, instead of
00:12:18the planned 27, the building of the National Museum of
00:12:21Belarus was erected in Minsk. An important place in the exhibition will be occupied by materials
00:12:25on the preparation and conduct of the liberation campaign of the Red Army in September 1939, which resulted in the unification of the Belarusian
00:12:33который завершился объединением белорусского
00:12:35people in a single national
00:12:37state.
00:12:44The entry of the Red Army into the territory of Poland on September 17,
00:12:481939, is called nothing less than a stab in
00:12:52the back of Poland in the West. Stalin and Hitler fraternally divided Poland
00:12:55and unleashed a world war. Indeed, on August 22,
00:12:581939, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
00:13:02of Germany, Joachim von
00:13:06Ribbentrop, arrived in Moscow
00:13:08for negotiations on concluding a non-aggression pact. During the negotiations, Ribbentrop
00:13:12indeed began with a pre-prepared, high-flown
00:13:16speech about the spirit of brotherhood that bound
00:13:20the Russian and German peoples. However,
00:13:22Molotov immediately interrupted him: "There
00:13:25is not and cannot be brotherhood between
00:13:29us. If you want, let's talk about
00:13:32business." And the business was that the Soviet
00:13:35Union was interested in avoiding
00:13:38a war on two
00:13:40fronts. These days, the Red Army was repelling attacks by Japan on the Khalkhin Gol
00:13:43River. The attack by Germany on Poland and its
00:13:47defeat, according to the Soviet General Staff, was
00:13:50inevitable. The Soviet leadership had no doubt that
00:13:53the Wehrmacht would continue.
00:13:58"We do not forget that your ultimate goal is to attack
00:14:01us." Preparing for the inevitable struggle with fascism, the Soviet
00:14:05delegation insisted on including the Kresy Wschodnie, the Baltics
00:14:08and Bessarabia in the Soviet sphere of influence. Moscow thus
00:14:11gained the opportunity to use one of the
00:14:15norms of international law in force at that
00:14:18time, the right to self-help. Under
00:14:21this norm, a state that believed that the actions
00:14:25of another subject of international law posed a threat
00:14:29to its vital interests could
00:14:33resort to forceful actions to eliminate
00:14:36this threat. It should be noted that Great Britain,
00:14:39France and the United States actively
00:14:43used this right during World War II.
00:14:47On September 1, Germany and Slovakia attacked Poland.
00:14:50The Wehrmacht in parts. After
00:14:53the flight of the entire Polish leadership in
00:15:37an unknown direction, the USSR began to think.
00:15:41Hitler's army had already occupied
00:15:44Polish lands and entered the territory of Western
00:15:48Belarus. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was not governed
00:15:50by anyone. The government and army command were
00:15:54on the run. 30 thousand Polish soldiers fled to
00:15:57Romania, another 40,000 to Hungary.
00:16:00A real threat arose for 4 million Belarusians. They could fall
00:16:04under Hitler's occupation, and the Wehrmacht had
00:16:08every chance to reach the immediate approaches to Minsk. On September 17,
00:16:121939, the Red Army moved to
00:16:15stop
00:16:16Hitler.
00:16:22Only gendarmerie units and the border guard corps
00:16:25tried to resist the Red Army. Formations and
00:16:28units of the Belarusian front reached the Curzon Line,
00:16:31which at one time established the eastern border of Poland
00:16:34and stopped. Not a single centimeter of Polish lands was
00:16:38seized.
00:16:42In the West, they acknowledge the wisdom of the Soviet government, which managed
00:16:45to find an invulnerable solution to the issue of Western Ukraine and Western
00:16:49Belarus, and refrained from annexing
00:16:52territories inhabited mainly by Poles.
00:16:55The French Ambassador to the USSR, Paul Najaar.
00:16:59A telling reaction of Great Britain to
00:17:01the events that occurred. On October 17 and
00:17:0527, the USSR was informed
00:17:08that Great Britain wanted
00:17:11to see an ethnographic Poland
00:17:14of modest size, and there could be no
00:17:17question of returning Western Ukraine and Western
00:17:21Belarus to it. On November 2,
00:17:251939, the fifth extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet
00:17:29of the USSR and on November 12,
00:17:32the extraordinary sessions of the Supreme Soviets of the Ukrainian SSR and
00:17:35BSSR satisfied.
00:18:08situation. During the command and staff exercise with the troops of the Western operational
00:18:12command, new methods of conducting modern
00:18:15confrontations were tested. Maneuvers unfolded at several
00:18:19training grounds and areas in the Brest and Grodno
00:18:22regions. Details from my
00:18:24colleagues.
00:18:30The exercise is a logical continuation of a series of maneuvers in the current training
00:18:34year. Analysis of the results of the spring complex exercise
00:18:37with the association made it possible to determine directions for further
00:18:40improvement of troop training and control
00:18:43system. We deliberately focus on
00:18:46staff training, because today a lot
00:18:49depends on decision-making, on the speed of officials' work, on the
00:18:53ability of the communication and control system to transmit appropriate
00:18:56signals, a lot, and at the same time,
00:18:59as the main directions that
00:19:03will be done within the framework of this exercise,
00:19:06this is... decision-making, operational movement on
00:19:10the terrain, deployment of command posts according to the cluster type,
00:19:14in fact, all those new elements that were also demonstrated to the
00:19:17commander-in-chief during the signal
00:19:20troop exercises. Operational data exchange, channel security,
00:19:24and communication stability directly affect control
00:19:27effectiveness. In modern combat, even a few seconds of delay in
00:19:30transmitting information can have catastrophic
00:19:33consequences. These requirements are taken into account when equipping units.
00:19:46We are independent of external communication sources, we can operate
00:19:49autonomously, specifically a battalion can provide
00:19:53its own communication within the unit regardless of external
00:19:55factors. One of the main threats in modern combat
00:19:59is drones. Methods of countering birds
00:20:02are constantly being improved. In the units, mobile
00:20:06fire groups have been created. And their primary task is to control
00:20:09the airspace and, if necessary, to quickly
00:20:12move to the area where enemy drones are detected in order to
00:20:16destroy them. For the most rapid and effective
00:20:19response, we directly interact with the command
00:20:23post, from where a signal is received. At this stage, we see
00:20:26the effectiveness of these groups due to their high mobility. While moving
00:20:30to the point, one of the fighters is constantly behind the turret, while
00:20:33electronic warfare equipment is working. The rest of the personnel
00:20:37dismounts, takes up the necessary positions, and continues to conduct
00:20:40observation. According to the training scenario,
00:20:43sabotage and reconnaissance groups regularly try to breach the defense
00:20:47system and penetrate the units' forces. Based on
00:20:50this, a continuous search for the enemy is conducted, and if
00:20:53detected, the composition of weapons and the nature of their
00:20:57actions are assessed. We act accurately and effectively. In these exercises, with the help
00:21:01of a drone, a sabotage and reconnaissance group was detected, after
00:21:04which, by the decision of the senior commander, it was subjected to
00:21:07fire. Methods of fire impact on
00:21:10the enemy increasingly involve working without direct
00:21:14contact. There are enough means for this: FPV drones,
00:21:17artillery, tanks, firing is conducted, including from concealed
00:21:21positions. The advantage of a concealed firing position is that
00:21:25the enemy needs a little more time to detect us. We worked from
00:21:29one position, rolled over to the second, and are working from the second, which
00:21:32increases the survivability of the crews. During the maneuvers, all
00:21:35units are in constant motion, performed a fire
00:21:38mission, and promptly changed position. During the march,
00:21:42engineers help overcome natural
00:21:45obstacles if necessary. On one of the route sections.
00:21:49in inspection activities of vehicles
00:22:37with the aim of identifying illegally transported weapons, ammunition, explosive
00:22:41devices. My fighters are charged, they are motivated, a very
00:22:45good team has been assembled, everyone is responsible for the training itself
00:22:48and for the tasks set.
00:22:51The practical part of the maneuvers is conducted openly, the actions
00:22:55of the units are observed by military attachés from eleven countries,
00:22:58five of them representatives of NATO member countries. The maneuvers
00:23:01are defensive in nature and aimed at increasing the readiness
00:23:05of troops to act in case of threats to state security.
00:23:09The active
00:23:14phase of the operational-tactical exercise of the Air Force and Air
00:23:18Defense Forces of Belarus concluded at one of the training grounds of the Russian
00:23:21Federation. The maneuvers became the largest training for Belarusian
00:23:24anti-aircraft gunners and pilots this year.
00:23:28During the training, combat crews
00:23:37operate in the most difficult target environment. The work is carried out in close
00:23:41cooperation with units of radio-technical troops,
00:23:44which conduct continuous reconnaissance.
00:23:48During the exercises, new
00:23:52station methods were tested, stations were spaced
00:23:55up to 10 km apart, all stations
00:23:58worked on wired communication channels, moved
00:24:01away from radio so that there was no suppression, all targets
00:24:05were tracked, all missile launches were recorded by radar
00:24:09means and transmitted to the higher command post.
00:24:12For the first time, we worked on
00:24:17banquet target missiles. Sonata gained
00:24:21good experience, as before we worked on Armavir target missiles, it was
00:24:24unusual, but we worked out the combat assessment as excellent.
00:24:28Together with experienced specialists,
00:24:32combat work is carried out by military academy cadets, as part
00:24:36of S-300 crews. Female operators, who, along with men,
00:24:39perform complex tasks of detecting, tracking
00:24:43targets and preparing launches.
00:24:46We have been preparing for this for
00:24:50quite a long time, we passed the selection in the academy to join the combat
00:24:53crew, we also went
00:24:56to training, we had an internship, this is my
00:24:59first launch, the emotions will remain forever,
00:25:02the target was hit, the task was completed.
00:25:06The air frontier is held not only
00:25:10by land, in the sky over the training ground, pilots solve their tasks,
00:25:14crews of Su-30 fighters, SM2 combat training
00:25:17aircraft, 130 hit high-speed
00:25:21targets, demonstrating filigree
00:25:24accuracy. The main emphasis is placed
00:25:27on countering air attack means,
00:25:30on countering unmanned aerial
00:25:33vehicles and small-sized high-precision grenade
00:25:36missiles. 22 air targets were destroyed. On target
00:25:3910.
00:25:41According to the commander of the Air Force and
00:25:44Air Defense Forces, anti-aircraft gunners, pilots and radio
00:25:47technical units acted coherently in close
00:25:51coordination, having worked out new methods and techniques
00:25:53for using forces. The maneuvers confirmed that the Belarusian
00:25:57sky shield is capable of effectively countering
00:26:00modern means... You watched Arsenal, with you was
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00:26:26Belarus 24 TV channels.
00:26:28Shot.
00:26:32Figures of Belarusian culture
00:27:12tell how their fate unfolded. On air
00:27:16is the "Life Frames" program. So, today
00:27:19we have in the studio, as always, a very interesting and
00:27:22talented guest. We have been living in a peaceful country for
00:27:26over 80 years, without knowing war, many perceive this
00:27:29as...
00:27:34and the tragedy that our people experienced, they no
00:27:37longer perceive it so acutely. I think your parents told
00:27:41you about how
00:27:44you came into the world, it was all in a partisan
00:27:48detachment, that's how they got married there, then
00:27:51after some time I was born in 1943,
00:27:54on March 18th. But why, when faced with the choice
00:27:57of profession, did you, in principle, go into choral
00:28:01conducting? You know, I didn't become a pianist,
00:28:04I studied privately for 6 years, and then I
00:28:08entered music school, I was scared and
00:28:11uninterested, I really wanted to be a doctor,
00:28:14the documentary-biographical project, "Life Frames,"
00:28:17watch on Belarus 24
00:28:20TV channel,
00:28:23about Minsk from different angles with an immersion in the past,
00:28:26Oktyabrsky district, the main gates of Minsk, where
00:28:30Belarusian hospitality begins directly from the aircraft gangway and the railway station platform,
00:28:34the youngest in energy
00:28:37and grandiose in urban scale,
00:28:40Moskovsky, the main scientific and educational center
00:28:43of Minsk, with leading universities and
00:28:46a student quarter, a city of achievements
00:28:50and opportunities, interesting discoveries and events,
00:28:53Minsk is constantly developing and growing
00:28:56infrastructurally. Literally a couple of minutes and we are on the forty-second
00:29:00floor of a ultra-modern future. This is
00:29:04the tallest building in the city of Minsk in the Republic
00:29:06of Belarus. The project "Your City". Here, on the picturesque
00:29:09bank of the Slepyanskaya water system, an Alley of Benches appeared,
00:29:13where schoolchildren acted as the authors of the sketches. Watch it on
00:29:17our TV channel. On guard of the border, protecting
00:31:18the country's economic interests. Customs service
00:31:21employees celebrate their professional holiday. A protest
00:31:24action engulfed the capital of Argentina. People took to the
00:31:27streets...