The Troops Started Murmuring Against Lukashenko

• 31.03.2026, 9:40

Reservists don't want to be on the ranges anymore.

Alexander Lukashenko announced a sudden check of combat readiness on January 16. According to the dictator, he "whipped the whole army. A week ago, he said that the armed forces in general "showed sufficient combat readiness. However, it did not end there. As one of the relatives of a military conscript told "Zerkalo", the "partisans" are still on the training grounds.

The names of the heroes have been changed for their safety.

On condition of anonymity, journalists talked to Sergei, a relative of 32-year-old Ilya from Hrodna region, who has been at the training camp since early February.

- First they were in Hrodna, then they all went to different places. Ilya ended up near Baranovichi. He says they were moving at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. And there the distance is about 250 kilometers - they got tired of driving.

According to Sergei, Ilya did not tell about any ideological studies. The bulk of the officers turned out to be the same "partisans" - military conscripts called up from the reserve.

- Officers are all from civilian life, so they behave normally. They walk around, they don't know when to fuck off," Sergei relays the words of a relative. - There are also cadres, but there are more "partisans". As it was explained to them, the point of the exercises is to practice shooting and troop alignment.

Ilya said that he even shot a couple of times with an AK-47.

- He says that it's boring just to shoot. It gets boring," Sergei describes and adds that UAV pilots train separately at the range. - There are drone pilots, but they are all regular military contractors.

According to Sergei, the conditions at his relative are field conditions. Accordingly, and the food is specific: perlovka with stew, sometimes buckwheat.

-Ilya said that there are no vegetables, and admits: "To be honest, it's already f**ked up with the same thing," the interlocutor explains. - How long they will be there, no one knows. Maybe at the end of the month, maybe at the beginning of April they will let them go. Nobody says, since, according to Ilya, orders from the top come in envelopes.

We recall that Alexander Lukashenko said that such a large-scale inspection in the army was held for the first time. The military conscripts began to be enlisted en masse on February 16. The summonses were brought to men just hours before the time prescribed in them, then they were kept in the military enlistment offices for a long time. Many also resented the fact that there were no exceptions for young fathers and transparency in the selection.