MINSK, October 24. /TASS/. The Belarusian air and air defense forces will be ready to act in the event of false flag operations from neighboring jurisdictions as they have the necessary means to remove threats, said Deputy Commander Anatoly Bulavko.

"We have been in a state of major readiness for, let’s say, more than a year. <...> The entire personnel of the air and air defense forces are geared toward this <…>. Speaking of any false flag operations, as the recent events showed, [they are] ready," the military official told Belarus Today in an interview.

"[The Belarusian air and air force] training system <...> provides for the execution of tasks against a wide range of aerial targets," Bulavko assured the state-owned publisher, according to a video of the interview available on YouTube.

He also said that Belarus’ air defense forces have a wide range of means for detecting and hitting targets at their disposal.