Ukrainian border guards do not exclude provocations of the Russian Federation during exercises in Belarus

Ukrainian border guards do not rule out that during the Russian-Belarusian exercises, the enemy may resort to provocative or demonstrative actions towards the Ukrainian border, but there are currently no shock groups of the Russian Federation that would pose a threat to Ukraine.

Source: spokesman of the State Border Service Colonel Andriy Demchenko on the air of the national telephone

Direct Language: “If we talk about joint training between Belarus and Russia, which have been announced, we are actively monitoring this to understand how much of its forces Russia can or plan to attract, and where they (training) will happen. There is preliminary information that they can be conducted more deep into Belarus. There are no fears of the active phase of these exercises. ”

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Details: The officer stressed that now there are no shock communities of the Russian Federation that would be formed to pose a threat to Ukraine. Border guards continue to watch the situation closely to be prepared for any scenario.

Direct language: “At the same time, for us, of course, priority is to study the information that we can gain about the active phase of joint exercises, because it is at this time that the risk for our country may increase. It is possible to not exclude any demonstrative action in the direction of our border. But our main task is to be ready.”

Prehistory:

• In May, self -proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, at a meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andriy Belousov, stated that Belarusian troops were ready for joint military exercises with Russia and “no one is going to attack.”
• In April, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that in the summer of 2025 Russia could prepare for something in Belarus, hiding behind military exercises.
• In February, Zelensky said that Russia plans to prepare in 2025 to strengthen the Belarusian direction of 15 divisions with 100-150 thousand military.
• Conducting joint Belarusian-Russian exercises “West-2025” is planned for mid-September.