there is one news on belarus now in the studio of vladislav bondar. hello. today we are talking about protecting our borders at the independence palace. traditionally, at the beginning of the year , the president approves a decision on protecting the state border. the secretary of state of the security council, the minister of defense, the chairman of the border committee, the chief of the general staff discuss in detail security both on the ground and in the sky. priority efforts will be focused on identifying and suppressing challenges to the national interests of belarus. the president

focused on the importance today's event, one cannot help but be concerned about the situation that is unfolding on the outer contour. alexander lukashenko calls for vigilance against the backdrop of the militaristic situation in neighboring countries. tension at the border continues , including due to the refugee situation. today’s decision to protect the state border has its own characteristics, precisely because we have something special. situation: in the south there is war, in the west poland-lithuania, the baltic states are even worse, the corresponding detachments and commanders are being trained there have been identified, we know them, we also 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 miss anything, as people say, in no way in any case, we cannot allow any random developments of events on our border, so vigilance and vigilance again, for now i must say that you are performing your functions well, but today we will listen to the head of our border committee, as well as...

from ukraine. in addition, it will continue engineering arrangement of the state border to equipping with weapons and equipment. particular attention will also be paid to working with personnel and combat training of border guards. war is war, but business needs to be done. on the polish-ukrainian border , there are thousands of used cars from europe on car transporters, which are being transported to ukraine. dealers are in a hurry to sell to ukrainians. as many

cars as possible, all because at the moment the country has a zero import customs duty, while for ordinary citizens kiev’s concessions are completely imperceptible, according to according to statistics, every year since the twenty- second, the cost of both luxury and used cars has been growing; in recent years, the price tag has increased by 20% in 2023 alone. a remote mountainous area in southwest china was covered by a landslide, killing 20 people, whose bodies were recovered from the rubble. the fate of another 24 is unknown. more than a thousand specialists and 150 units of special equipment are involved in rescue operations. almost 1.0 residents were evacuated from the disaster zone. st. petersburg was also at the mercy of natural disasters. a snow cyclone covered the entire leningradskaya region. dozens of drivers spent last night rescuing their cars from giant snowdrifts on the highways. even special vehicles cannot cope with the snow that has fallen. in some areas there is height.

brest customs officers established restrictions on medicines for movement across the border. the carrier was detained - this is belarus. the organizer of the scheme, a russian citizen, has also been identified. 378 packages of azimpik medication worth more than half a million rubles were found in the trunk.