Lukashenko announced a check of the army’s mobilization readiness according to a plan "of how it will be in a war"

"I have already said it in plain language: the army needs to be shaken up, the time has come. The entire army. We will check everyone. Right up to mobilization", - Belarusian dictator Aleksadr Lukashenko said on September 11, as quoted by the state-run BelTA news agency.

He recalled that an artillery brigade is currently being inspected on his orders, while tank and motorized rifle units had been inspected previously.

"We are doing everything as it will be in a war", - he said, noting that the experience of modern military conflicts is used when conducting such inspections.

"We are preparing for war so that there will be no war", - Lukashenko said.