In March, the spring draft started in Belarus. One of its novelties - changes in ... duty from appearing for training (classes); Art. 437 (Evasion of a conscript or a person liable for military duty ...

Now, every male from the age of 17 is marked as a “potential conscript.” Follow our coverage of the ... As long as draft evaders are sent back to Belarus, the military machine will keep running. And ...

In Belarus, at the direction of the self-proclaimed president Aleksandr Lukashenko, a readiness check of the country’s Armed Forces has been launched, the Belarusian news agency BelTA reports.

Source: Ministry of Defence of Belarus Quote: "The personnel of one of the military units will have to carry out a set of measures to prepare equipment and weapons for training and combat missions, ...