Introductions are complete, conditional terrorists have been detained. Karpenkov on combat readiness check of internal troops
Input data has been processed, and groups of conditional terrorists have been detained. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs - Commander of Internal Troops Nikolai Karpenkov spoke about the progress of the combat readiness check, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. As Nikolai Karpenkov noted, on the instructions of the Minister of Internal Affairs, all assigned tasks were completed in close cooperation with law enforcement officers during the New Year holidays in maintaining public order and ensuring public safety. "Tasks were carried out throughout the country - from the capital to regional and district centers.
However, special emphasis was placed on ensuring public safety in the border territories and border towns of Gomel and Brest regions. Our guys worked well there, and all tasks were completed. In addition to everything else, the internal troops carried out their daily combat missions. Our bomb disposal teams worked intensively: all public gathering places, venues for mass events, and concerts were inspected by our sappers," Nikolai Karpenkov said.
He also noted that special forces units were actively working, primarily detaining drug traffickers. "The Minister of Internal Affairs made a decision, and yesterday, January 8, he handed us a directive to check the units and formations of the internal troops, as well as our special forces units serving in the border areas, for combat readiness. Its peculiarity was the element of surprise. The second peculiarity of such a check is that the action takes place throughout our country - in all border areas where our units are on duty, they search for sabotage and reconnaissance groups, block them, and destroy them," said Nikolai Karpenkov. This check, according to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, is also carried out in cooperation with criminal police officers and taking into account their operational and technical capabilities, which helps in blocking and destroying groups of the conditional enemy planning terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure facilities in almost all regional centers. "At the moment, almost all input data has been processed, and groups of conditional terrorists have been detained.
The double complexity and the greatest feature of these exercises is that they are taking place in such challenging weather conditions. But our units are acting quite actively, fulfilling the assigned tasks, including combat ones," he emphasized. The exercises are currently ongoing. "Peace, stability, and order within our country will be ensured," Nikolai Karpenkov summarized.