the news is on air now, tatyana nikrasova is with you. hello. the president approved the decision to protect the state border in 2024. we are talking about safety both on earth and in the sky. priority efforts will be focused on identifying and suppressing challenges to the national interests of belarus. one cannot help but worry about the situation on the outer contour. alexander lukashenko calls for vigilance against the background of the militaristic situation in neighboring countries. tensions also remain over the refugee situation.

today's decision to protect the state borders have their own characteristics precisely because we have a special situation. there is war in the south, in the west, poland-lithuania, the baltic states are even worse, the corresponding detachments are being trained there, the commanders have been identified. we know them, we know the fighters of these units, in quotes, who are ready to fight against their own country, therefore, as i always tell the military, especially the minister of defense, we should not invite anything, in popular words, in no case should we allow any - some random developments of events on our border, therefore, vigilance... activity again,

so far i must say that you are performing your functions well. the visa-free regime for citizens of lithuania, latvia and poland will remain. this mechanism turned out to be in demand among our neighbors. according to the border committee, only since the beginning of the year , about 10,500 citizens of neighboring eu states and more than 4,500 ukrainians have entered belarus. in addition, engineering work on the state border will continue until it is equipped with weapons and equipment. particular attention will be paid to working with personnel. the beginning of large-scale nato exercises are an attempt to hide the failures of the ukrainian armed forces at the front and restore at least some faith in the north atlantic alliance, observers of the publication anhert are sure. the reality is that these manipulations can be reduced to an attempt by nato to regain relevance amid the deteriorating situation in ukraine. the conflict, as the publication writes, is not going well, so the leaders of the alliance are trying to create the appearance of serious preparation for the third world war. at the same time , the us and british armies are worried. due to

personnel shortage, we recall, the head of nato stoltenberg announced the purchase of a large batch of artillery ammunition to the alliances, recalling the upcoming largest exercises involving 90 thousand soldiers, and warsaw and vilnius are planning to hold joint military exercises in the suwalki corridor in april. lithuanian president nausėda spoke about this. winter sports festival of victories. the city stage of the republican competition snow sniper has started in minsk. the tournament brought together almost 100 young biathletes from every district of the capital who dream. about a sports career. on the first day, girls took to the starts, each age group your route. then guys in mixed groups will take part in the competition. 3, 2, march. i really hope that i will go into professional sports. skiing for me is something more than, for example, various hobbies, interests, it is my whole life. so i will try my best to win this year. i’m participating for the first year

, i came to the city, i’m targeting the republic, because i really like skiing, it’s a very interesting activity, i love sports, biathlon, i went to it, that is since school, he, well , everything started gradually like this, i came to my goal, the preparation was going well, i strived for my goal, i’m ready to get first place in...

they help to reveal the talents of schoolchildren. the winners of individual and team competitions will take part in a training camp, and then will defend the honor of the city at the republican tournament. and this is the latest news for this minute. still at 19:00. watch everything that modern belarus lives today on the belarus 24 tv channel. this is news from a foreign country. broadcasts especially important events, live broadcasts from the scene , current interviews with famous belarusians.