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according to the belarusian state news agency (belta) on september 8, alexander volfovich, state secretary of the belarusian security council, said in an interview with belarusian national television (ont) that a ukrainian force of 14,000 troops is currently gathering near the belarusian border.

screenshot of the belarusian state news agency report

in the interview, volfovich said: "recently, the decision to strengthen the southern combat direction (military deployment) was made appropriately and timely and reported to the president, which is completely reasonable. multi-service forces were formed and equipped with weapons and equipment and deployed to the southern region of our country to cover the gomel and mozyr combat directions and strengthen the border service agencies to perform their tasks. recent statements and accusations from the west and ukraine claiming that we have formed some troops to launch an offensive in the southern part of ukrainian territory can only make people laugh."

according to volfovich, the size of the belarusian military forces near the ukrainian border is only a fraction of the size of the ukrainian military forces deployed near the belarusian border. the belarusian official said: "on the ukrainian territory, close to our border, there is a ukrainian armed forces, plus other paramilitary organizations, about 14,000 military personnel. belarus has never expressed any accusations, threats, or made any territorial or other claims against ukraine."

earlier, according to reuters and russia today (rt), on august 25, local time, the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs stated that belarus had deployed troops to the border area between the two countries. the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs asked belarus to withdraw its troops and urged belarus not to make a "tragic mistake." according to reports, in a statement, the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs urged the belarusian armed forces to "stop unfriendly actions" and said that ukraine "has never and will not take any unfriendly actions against the belarusian people."

according to cctv news, on the evening of august 18, the russian all-russia national television and broadcasting company broadcast an interview with belarusian president lukashenko. he said that ukraine has deployed more than 120,000 soldiers on the border between belarus and ukraine. belarus has noticed ukraine's hostile policy and has deployed troops along the border, accounting for one-third of belarus' total force.

source: global times new media/hou huajing