NewsOne-third of Belarusian army moves to Ukraine border: Lukashenko

One‑third of Belarusian army moves to Ukraine border: Lukashenko

Almost one-third of the Belarusian army has been sent to the border with Ukraine, stated Alexander Lukashenko, as quoted by Reuters. Minsk responded this way to Kyiv sending over 120,000 soldiers to the border with Belarus.

Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin
Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin
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- Seeing their aggressive policy, we have introduced there and placed in certain points - said the Belarusian dictator in an interview for Russian state television, as quoted by Reuters.

He added that "in case of war, they would be defense" for Belarus. Lukashenko emphasized that "the Belarusian-Ukrainian border was mined 'as never before' and that Ukrainian troops would incur huge losses if they tried to cross it."

Lukashenko did not specify exactly how many troops Minsk has deployed along the border with Ukraine. According to Reuters, the Belarusian army consists of about 48,000 soldiers plus about 12,000 soldiers at the state border.

Kyiv, on the other hand, did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.

- We are not seeing any increase in the number of equipment or personnel of Belarusian units near our border - reported on Sunday by Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko in a comment for Ukrainian Pravda following the statement by the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.

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