In the war against Ukraine, Belarus and Russia form a joint force. In the meantime, military activities are progressing significantly.
In the ex-Soviet republic of Belarus, against the background of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, its own military activities are increasing. “Now we have received all the weapons we should have received from the Ministry of Defense and have stored them in the armories,” said the head of the Belarusian civil defense, Vadim Sinyavsky, on state television on Sunday. At the same time, units were formed that could be used together with the military “to defend the fatherland,” Sinjawski assured.
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At the same time, the senior official spoke of around 5,000 underground facilities that could be used as bomb shelters in Belarus. The Belarusian border guard meanwhile announced that it had strengthened its units at the border “because of the increased reconnaissance activities in Ukraine”.
First Russians arrived in Belarus
Russia had previously sent the first of a total of 9,000 soldiers to a joint force in Belarus on Sunday. Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko announced last Monday that he was setting up a joint regional force with Russia. In view of the rising tensions, it should protect the Belarusian border.
Lukashenko continues to deny his own plans to attack Ukraine. Rather, Minsk claims that NATO and Ukraine are planning an attack. Tensions have risen in recent weeks after Russian planes resumed bombing Ukraine from Belarusian territory. At the beginning of the war, the Russian military used Belarusian territory as a deployment base for the attack on Ukraine. Belarus is considered Russia’s closest partner – and was one of five countries in the UN General Assembly to speak out against condemning the Russian attack.