“This is a very different picture regarding the strengthening of the border with Belarus, because we are constantly increasing engineering arrangement directly along the border line, it is also mining the most menacing directions, including where the Russian Federation could use a technique that went towards our border and our territory,” he said.
According to the speaker of the GPSU, unlike 2022, now there are fortifications on the border with Belarus.
“Of course, in 2022 there were no such full -fledged fortifications and, in fact, probably no one would have expected completely that Belarus would open his border so much. Now [нелегитимный президент Беларуси Александр] Lukashenko is trying to forget what he did, that he opened his border for Russian troops, is trying to come up with different stories that Russian troops were returning to the Russian Federation, and then they decided to turn towards Kyiv, ”Demchenko emphasized.
During the broadcast, it also came to the West 2025, planned for September of the Russian-Belarusian military exercises, which should be held in Belarus. The journalist asked how many Russians in Belarus.
“This is still a small number of technology and personnel. But during the active phase, on our information, Russia also plans to use armored vehicles, which should also be transferred to the territory of Belarus,” Demchenko explained.
The active phase of maneuvers in Belarus will be September 12-16.
“We are following how many of its forces and funds Russia will transfer to the territory of Belarus. The level of the threat that will be for Ukraine at that time will depend on this. […] We need to continue to build up all our capabilities in order to counteract any threat that can go from the territory of Belarus, ”the speaker of the GPSU emphasized.
Context
The Belarusian army does not directly participate in the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, but on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in particular from Belarusalthough a few days before, the Minister of Defense of Belarus Viktor Krenin assured the Ukrainian colleague that threats to Ukraine by Belarus No.
Belarus will hold joint from the Russian Federation the exercises “West 2025” in mid -September. Presumably, more than 13 thousand military will take part in them.
On April 29, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky drew attention to the announced exercises and emphasized: this is how the new attacks of the Russian Federation usually begin. “Look at Belarus-this summer Russia is preparing something there, hiding behind military exercises. That is how its new attacks usually begin. But where is this time? I don’t know. Ukraine? Lithuania? Poland? God forbid! But we should all be ready,” he said.
On June 2, Zelensky at the opening of the meeting of the leaders of the Bucharest Nine and NATO in Vilnius (Lithuania) mentioned the likely plans of Moscow in Belarus. “Ask your intelligence that the Russian Federation plans this summer in Belarus. If they are brave enough to prepare attacks from there, then we need more strength together so that we can stop this war and prevent its spread,” he said.
On June 14, the President of Ukraine spoke about the exercises of the Russian Federation in Belarus, commenting on a potential threat to the offensive on Zhytomyr, Volyn and Chernihiv regions. According to Zelensky, Lukashenko is unlikely to want Russia to begin something from the Belarusian side during the exercises.
