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Belarusian army praised for proper storage of military hardware

GOMEL, 17 November (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has praised the army for properly storing weapons and military hardware. The head of state made the relevant statement after a tour of an artillery ordnance depot in Gomel on 17 November, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “It is a good facility. Sensible. It is already not the future but the present. It is the way we’ve been following while improving, modernizing, and preserving our weapons. Today I made sure that our military are great people. We pay a huge amount of attention to keeping our military fed, clothed, well-rested and training in good barracks. As a military man I can say that it is nothing if you don’t have weapons and ammunition.”

The president remarked that instructions had been given earlier to inventory weapons in storage, sort them out, and lick into shape everything that had been preserved since the Soviet times. “The military did great. Mostly within five years they have tidied up everything,” he noted.

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