Ukrainian intelligence has warned that Belarus is assembling a “significant number of personnel” in the Gomel region near to the Ukrainian border.
Belarus is “concentrating” their troops along the shared border and Ukraine warned Minsk against “unfriendly actions.”
The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has assembled tanks, weapons, rocket systems, air defences and special operations forces.
Some Wagner mercenaries are also among the Belarusian forces in the Gomel region who are taking part in military exercises.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said the military drills that Belarus is conducting poses a “global security threat” as the build up of troops is so close to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
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Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry wrote, “We warn Belarusian officials not to make tragic mistakes for their country under Moscow’s pressure, and we urge its armed forces to cease unfriendly actions and withdraw forces away from Ukraine’s state border to a distance greater than the firing range of Belarus’ systems.
“We emphasise that Ukraine has never taken and is not going to take any unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people.
“We warn that in case of a violation of Ukraine’s state border by Belarus, our state will take all necessary measures to exercise the right to self-defence guaranteed by the UN Charter.
“Consequently, all troop concentrations, military facilities, and supply routes in Belarus will become legitimate targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told national TV, “I have just spoken with commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky, and there is an advance of our troops in the Kursk region. From one to three kilometres. Two more settlements were taken under control.”
He added that “active actions are underway in one more settlement”.
