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| Lukashenko relieves Gulevich from the post of Belarusian Chief of General Staff |
| 2024-05-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko relieved Major General Viktor Gulevich from the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defense, Lukashenko’s press service reported. Gulevich was transferred from military service to the reserve due to age. The major general retained the right to wear a military uniform and insignia, the press service noted. As Regnum reported, in May 2023, Lukashenko appointed Konstantin Molostov as the new chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus. In this post, Molostov replaced Anatoly Lappo, who was transferred from military service to the reserve. Prior to this appointment, the new head of the State Border Committee of the republic held the position of head of the Grodno border group. In February 2023, Lukashenko appointed Pavel Muraveiko as First Deputy Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus. Lukashenko in his comment noted the outstanding “combat” qualities of Muraveiko. Before his appointment, he held the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the Armed Forces of Belarus. In April 2024, delegates of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly approved the country's new military doctrine. The doctrine remains defensive in nature, noted the Belarusian Ministry of Defense. The General Staff of the Republic, in turn, reported that, according to the new military doctrine, Minsk will consider aggression against a state allied with Belarus as an attack on itself. |
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