According to the department, the soldiers of the Minsk garrison and special purpose units "worked out the coordination of actions to stop group violations of public order and mass riots" in the settlement.

The units worked on blocking, disbanding and pushing out "criminals of public order", and during the training, attention was focused on the interaction of units when the situation on the routes of separation, cover and protection of administrative buildings became more complicated.

At the same time, drones were actively used "to pinpoint the ringleaders and leaders of the crowd", said the commander of the internal forces Mikalai Karpiankov.

As Karpiankov noted, "until March 25, the internal troops traditionally always prepared and conducted special tactical exercises aimed, if necessary, at stopping mass riots."

This year, they approached it "on a large scale", because "NATO troops are on the border, looking for a reason to create some kind of precedent".

"Of course, we must give them such an ideological message that as soon as you crawl out of your holes, you will simply be destroyed," Karpiankov threatened.