Polish General Skshipchak called Belarusian military equipment a "pile of scrap metal"
Poland assessed the condition of Belarusian weapons after Lukashenko's statement about preparations for war, WP writes. General Waldemar Skshipchak is confident that the military equipment available in Minsk is not able to threaten anyone. Warsaw will destroy this "pile of scrap metal" in three hours, he boasted.
"There is no need to be afraid, there is absolutely no reason for this. It's just a pile of scrap metal," is how General Waldemar Skrzypczak assesses the state of the Belarusian army's weapons against the background of Alexander Lukashenko's statements about "preparing his country for war." The general reassures and emphasizes that the equipment available to Belarus at the moment is simply not able to threaten anyone.
"We are preparing for war, I am talking about this frankly. “If you want peace, prepare for war” — I didn't come up with that. This is very well said," Lukashenko said, quoted by the media.
According to the Belarusian dictator, "Minsk trains soldiers, buys weapons and military equipment to increase the country's defense capability." "If someone from there (from unfriendly countries – ed.) howls and criticizes us, know that we are doing the right thing," he said.
"Lukashenka can't scare with anything"
The former commander of the Polish Ground Forces, General Waldemar Skshipchak, in response to Lukashenko's threatening statements, recalls the current state of the equipment of the Belarusian army. "First of all, you need to know that the Belarusians had to give part of the military equipment to the Russian army," the military emphasizes. According to him, it was in the summer of 2022, when the Russians had problems caused by the destruction of a large number of their equipment in Ukraine.
"The Russians just took this technique away from him. Lukashenka can't scare with anything now. He had some scrap metal left, which he patched up, and now this junk is driving along the border and rattling iron, pretending to be a tank army," the general emphasizes.
"Absolutely unfounded"
The military emphasizes that the fear at the moment is "absolutely unfounded." "It would take Poland two, maybe three hours to destroy this scrap metal. There is no need to be afraid," General Skshipchak reassures.
"It's just a pile of scrap metal. In addition, Lukashenko is currently unable to conduct military training on the scale he would like. There is simply nothing to train soldiers on," he adds.
"This technique is not capable of harming anyone."
General Skshipchak recalls that the equipment that the Russians left to Lukashenko required major repairs. "She's just not fit to fight. At best, she can be sent for recovery," the military says.
"As for the tanks, it is not difficult to repair the engines. That's why they're driving near the border now. But we really have nothing to fear. This technique is simply not capable of harming anyone," the general concludes.
Combat readiness check
On March 31, Lukashenko conducted an inspection of a tank battalion near the border with Lithuania. Anna Maria Dyner of the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) called these maneuvers "a political and military signal from Belarus to its neighbors." "The Suwalki corridor is a very suitable object for intimidation," she said in an interview with the Polish News Agency.
At the same time, Dyner stressed that, despite its attractiveness, this territory is not so easy to attack because of the forests and terrain. In addition, NATO forces are concentrated not far away — both in Lithuania and Poland. "Therefore, I am inclined to consider Lukashenko's threatening rants as attempts to influence public opinion," she said.
Dyner also noted that another comprehensive combat readiness check has been underway in Belarus since March 11. On this occasion, Lukashenko went to the border with Lithuania, where he conducted a propaganda inspection of a tank battalion.
Belarusian exercises
According to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense in its Telegram channel, on Tuesday, April 2, the Armed Forces of Belarus began exercises in the regions bordering Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland.
According to Belarus, the three-day exercises in the Gomel and Grodno regions are aimed at working out actions in the event of martial law in the country.
Author: Janeta Gotowalska-Vrublewska (Żaneta Gotowalska-Wróblewska)
