The Belarusian Defense Ministry announced Sunday that nearly 9,000 Russian troops will be stationed in Belarus as part of a “regional grouping” to help protect the country’s borders.
“The first troop trains with Russian servicemen who are part of the [regional grouping] began to arrive in Belarus,” said Belarusian Defense Ministry official Valeriy Revenko, according to Reuters. “The total number will be a little less than 9,000 people.”
The announcement comes after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Russian forces would deploy with Belarusian soldiers in response to tensions on the western borders of the “Union State,” referring to the combined territory of Russia and Belarus.
Lukashenko made the comments in response to the truck bombing of the Kerch Bridge, which connects the Crimean Peninsula to mainland Russia. Over the past several days, Ukrainian shelling has been reported in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine.
Lukashenko allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to launch the initial part of his invasion of Ukraine from Belarusian territory. But Belarus has not entered the war, and there’s still no sign that a decision has been made in Minsk to fight in Ukraine.
Not a militarily significant force, what is it about? Keeping Belarus from going wobbly I expect.
That’s Lukashenko’s way to keep his army on alert for the internal uprising he may soon get.
Agree. Another color-coup.
Sponsored by you know who. But I think that was your point.
Hmm… Niice.
They must be worried about a Polish attempt to grab the Western Ukraine.
Todays comic contribution?
They are learning from the experts at that action (Russia).
Won’t be a bad idea these days to annex whatever land you want. Poland probably planning to annex Western Belarus.
No, they’re more concerned about cross-border raids by zelensky’s zebras.
Western media will never acknowledge that the weapons we keep giving to Ukraine are being used to attack territory we all recognize as Russia, violating the US condition for giving advanced artillery and ammo. Instead we will accept Ukraine’s claims that Russia must have accidentally bombed themselves, yet again.
https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3385
Israel Would Be Making An Irreversible Geostrategic Mistake By Arming Kiev. Authored by Andrew Korybko