Editing Armed Forces of Belarus (section)

==== Territorial Forces ====
{{main|Territorial Defense Troops of Belarus}}
[[File:Парад в Минске 2019 05.jpg|thumb|Troops of the Territorial Army of Belarus.]]
The [[Territorial Defense Troops of Belarus]] are a homeland defence organization in the armed forces. It is managed by the Department of the Territorial Forces, being a support department of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus and is operated by the General Staff. It is currently located on Kommunisticheskaya Street in [[Minsk]]. The current head of the department of territorial forces is Colonel Andrei Paseko. The Territorial Defence system was established in the early 2000s. Over 120,000 troops constitute the size of the Territorial Forces, which is twice as much as it serves in the regular duty military.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mil.by/ru/news/press_center/publications/8489/ | title=Территориальная оборона в системе национальной безопасности — Военный информационный портал Министерства обороны Республики Беларусь | access-date=2019-07-11 | archive-date=2019-07-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711003329/https://www.mil.by/ru/news/press_center/publications/8489/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> During an address by President [[Alexander Lukashenko]] on 18 February 2016, he announced the allocation of arms and to the territorial forces and the minimum and maximum amount of district troops ranging from one company and a battalion. Personnel of these units are recruited from residents of their respective administrative-territorial regions.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://belarusdigest.com/story/strengthening-territorial-defence-new-military-priorities-nato-dialogue-belarus-security-digest/ | title=Strengthening Territorial Defence, New Military Priorities, NATO Dialogue – Belarus Security Digest &#124; BelarusDigest | access-date=2019-07-11 | archive-date=2019-07-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711003932/https://belarusdigest.com/story/strengthening-territorial-defence-new-military-priorities-nato-dialogue-belarus-security-digest/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://belaruspolicy.com/sites/default/files/articles/06.09.2015/territorialnye_voyska_segodnya.pdf|title=Территориальные войска сегодня|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516225755/http://belaruspolicy.com/sites/default/files/articles/06.09.2015/territorialnye_voyska_segodnya.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lektsii.org:443/8-12213.html|title=Законы Республики Беларусь о защите республики|website=lektsii.org|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modernarmy.ru/article/176|title=Войска территориальной обороны (ТерО) Республики Беларусь|website=www.modernarmy.ru|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220739/http://www.modernarmy.ru/article/176|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=blogger&hl=en-US&passive=true&continue=https://www.blogger.com/blogin.g?blogspotURL%3Dhttp://zapad-2013.blogspot.com/2013/08/blog-post_25.html%26zx%3D1wunmq1saf3jo|title=Blogger|website=accounts.google.com|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>