The situation on the border with Belarus is still controlled, the changes have not been recorded. At the same time, intelligence and relevant units of the defense forces of Ukraine continue to monitor the situation, the State Border Service of Ukraine said.
“The situation is tense, however, if we talk about the line of the border, the situation remains completely controlled. We do not record changes in the nature of the actions of the units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, which are on strengthening the border with Ukraine, neither in quantitative composition, nor in the nature of their actions as a whole, ”said the representative of the State Border Service Andrei Demchenko Ukrainian media.
The representative of the State Border Service added that a lot of attention is paid to the border with Belarus, as well as the border with the Russian Federation. “Our main task is to strengthen this direction. Both the border with Russia and the border with Belarus are given important attention … so that all the forces that are on the strengthening of this direction are ready to be worthy, if nevertheless in this direction or re -try to come in again Units of the Russian Federation or suddenly armed forces. Belarus will join the war, ”Demchenko said.
On October 10, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk and Moscow agreed to deploy a regional group of troops. Lukashenko said that the group will be the basis of the armed forces of Belarus. At the same time, he instructed to accept and place “more than one thousand” Russian military in the territory of the republic. On October 15, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported the arrival of the “first echelons” with Russian military personnel to the territory of the Republic. On October 16, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense said that as part of the deployment of a joint grouping of troops from the Russian Federation, nine thousand Russian military would be transferred to the country to the country. Also, an aviation component of the regional group of troops began to arrive in Belarus from Russia.