Politics Belarus reinforces troops on the border with Ukraine
The border troops of the authoritarian ex-Soviet republic of Belarus (formerly Belarus) have reportedly deployed additional units on the border with Ukraine. Multiple rocket launchers with a range of 300 kilometers have been positioned there, a spokesman for the border troops told the state news agency Belta in Minsk on Friday. The measure was justified with alleged espionage and sabotage preparations on the part of Ukraine.
28.06.2024, 21:16
SDA
The border guards in the Mosyr district had shot down a quadrocopter that had flown into the area from Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainians regularly carry out reconnaissance flights with drones along the border, it was reported. According to information from Minsk, a weapons cache is also said to have been found in the border area. At the same time, there is information that Russian legionnaires fighting on the side of Kiev are active in the area.
Belarus is Russia's closest ally. Ruler Alexander Lukashenko is heavily dependent on the Kremlin economically, financially, politically and militarily. Although Minsk is not officially taking part in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, Russian troops also used Belarusian territory for their advance into Ukraine at the start of the war.
