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Belarusian Defense Minister: In view of Ukraine's actions and the situation in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Lukashenko has requested to strengthen military deployment towards Ukraine

2024-08-12

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[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to a report by the Belarusian National News Agency on the 11th, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced on the same day that a mechanized force of Belarus has entered a state of combat readiness and is ready to perform scheduled tasks.

According to reports, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on the 10th that at 18:10 on the 9th, the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces found more than a dozen aerial targets from Ukraine entering Belarusian airspace at the eastern border of Belarus bordering Russia, and entered a first-level combat readiness state and destroyed some of the targets. The Ukrainian army violated all rules of conduct and violated Belarusian airspace. The Belarusian side suspected that these targets were attack drones, and the remaining targets that were not destroyed flew in the direction of Russia. According to information shared by the Russian side, these targets were subsequently shot down near Yaroslavl, Russia.

Belarusian Defense Minister Khrenin said on the 10th that Belarus considers this move to be a "provocation against Belarus". In view of Ukraine's actions and the situation in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Lukashenko has ordered to strengthen military deployment in the tactical directions of Gomel and Mozyr. At the same time, Belarusian special forces, ground forces and missile forces, including "Polonez" rocket launcher systems, "Iskander" tactical missile systems and other equipment, have received a task to move towards the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. According to BelTA, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ukraine's acting ambassador to Belarus on the 10th to express strong protest and demanded that Ukraine take measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again.