Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced Wednesday the Eastern European country will soon receive a large consignment of Russian-made weapons and hardware. The authoritarian leader told reporters during a press briefing on Sept. 1 the batch will include dozens of fighter jets, helicopters, and defense systems—likely the S-400 air defense systems, Belta news agency reported. “I signed the order the day before yesterday. We will get tens of aircraft, tens of helicopters, and most importantly air defense systems soon. I don’t want to say how much money and what else it cost us. We may even get S-400 [air defense systems]. We need them a lot, I’ve already talked about it,” Lukashenko said. “In other words, we will get cutting-edge hardware. We will upgrade equipment,” he added. “If we see during the exercise [Belarusian–Russian strategic army exercise Zapad-2021] that we need something extra, then we will buy it from the Russian Federation …