Military expert assessed the likelihood of Belarus attacking Volyn/Getty Images
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Belarusian army is deploying additional units in the border areas of the Gomel region. However, such “saber-rattling” and deployment of troops has not stopped since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine.
Military expert and historian Mikhail Zhirokhov told Channel 24 about this.
“I believe that this is a kind of” performance “for Vladimir Putin against the background of the fact that he (Lukashenko – Channel 24) is conducting secret or overt negotiations with The West also needs some loyalty from Putin,” the military expert said.
The threat from Belarus has not disappeared
According to Zhirokhov, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not exclude the possibility of an offensive from Belarus since February 24. Some combat brigades are constantly on the border, so it's impossible to say that the Belarusian side will definitely not attack. , – the military expert added.
Activation of the Belarusian army: what is known
In the morning report on May 23, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the armed forces of Belarus are intensively conducting reconnaissance in the Volyn and Polesye directions.
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The Belarusian side is also deploying additional units in the border areas of the Gomel region. At the same time, the threat of missile and air strikes from the territory of Belarus does not disappear.
Actions of Belarus against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine: latest news
- The situation on the borders with Russia and Belarus remains unstable. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, certain units of the Belarusian armed forces received tasks to cover a section of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.
- Ukrainian intelligence reported that, in general, participation in the war is not popular among the Belarusian military. However, cases of voluntary signing of contracts with various Russian PIKs are known.
- Belarusian partisans said that for the first time in two months they noticed the movement of Russian Iskanders in the direction of the Ukrainian border.
- On the territory of Belarus recorded the build-up of equipment for electronic reconnaissance and combat. It is placed in the border areas with Ukraine.
