Lukashenko replaced the Minister of Defense, the Head of the General Staff and the Secretary of the Security Council
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has appointed Andrey Ravkov, who has served as Defense Minister since 2014, as State Secretary of the Security Council, and Viktor Khrenin, who had previously been commander of the Western Operational Command for several years, was appointed in his place. He appointed Alexander Volfovich, previously the first deputy chief of the General Staff, to the post of head of the General Staff.