Belarus strengthens military deployment towards Ukraine
2024-08-12
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According to a report by the Belarusian State 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.
Citing analysts, BelTA reported on the 10th that Ukraine's provocative move against Belarus may be an attempt to force Russia to divert its forces to the Kursk direction while distracting Belarus, thereby reducing the pressure on the Ukrainian army on its eastern front. The report said that the Ukrainian authorities are escalating the conflict at all costs, including trying to drag Belarus into the war in order to urge NATO and other Western forces to increase aid to Ukraine in view of the unfavorable situation on its front line. Belarusian State Television reported on the 10th that Belarus found electric motors and electronic components from NATO countries when studying the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone shot down in its territory. It is speculated that the downed drone was assembled with the participation of NATO engineers.
According to a report by the Ukrainian news website "strana.ua" on the 11th, Ukraine has not yet observed the strengthening of the Belarusian army on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. Kovalenko, head of the "Anti-False Information Center" under the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Committee, said that Belarus's increased deployment near the border is an attempt to help Russia divert the attention of the Ukrainian military command in that direction. (Xiao Xinxin)▲#Deep Good Articles Project#
