Emergency In Belarusian Army: Ministry Of Defense Released Figures

The office held a round table on the autumn draft on the new rules.

Three to five suicides among military personnel occur in Belarus annually.

This was stated by spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Uladzimir Makarau at the round table "The call-up of autumn-2019 under the new law - the reasons for reducing the deferrals," Salidarnasts reports.

- In 1995, there were 102 dead and 42 suicides. For us, this is not a statistic, but a tragedy. As well as the tragedy is that in recent years there have been three to five suicides a year," - BelaPAN quotes him.

At the same time, according to Makarau, the probability of dying outside the army is higher than during the period of compulsory military service.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense negatively perceived the criticism of journalists against the agency for its failure to report promptly on the tragedies in the Armed Forces, while they have to receive information from unofficial sources.

- Well, there is no need to bring to public attention every single case, the reasons for which will be eliminated. Do we need to excite the people every other time? There should be a reasonable balance, we need to deal with every case, - Andrei Murashou, a consultant with the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said.