Belarus will deploy military special forces in three areas near its southern border with Ukraineannounced today the Belarusian armed forces as the president Alexander Lukashenko talked about the role Russian missiles in strengthening defense of the country.
Narrow ally of Russia, Belarus said in March that its armed forces had not participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine (“special military operation” in Moscow) but the country served as a starting point for Russia to send thousands of troops across the border on 24 February.
Minsk has been protesting for months against NATO countries mobilizing troops near its borders – Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are all member states of the North Atlantic Alliance – and increases the volume and intensity of its own military gymnasiums as an answer.
«The United States and its allies continue to strengthen their military presence on the state border of the Republic of Belarus“, Said the Chief of General Staff Viktor Gulevic. «The established team has more than doubled in the last six months in quantity and quality “, he added.
Belarus is also developing air defense units, artillery and missiles for exercises in the westadded the Chief of General Staff.
Mr Lukashenko emphasized that Moscow agreed to help Minsk build Iskander-like missiles, which Russia has used in Ukraine, and that Belarus wants to continue to use Russian-made surface-to-air missile systems S-400 and S-300.
«We are realistic, we understand that we will not be able to defeat NATO. But we can do damageespecially in those territories from which we will be attacked“, he said.
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