Russia says it is concerned about Ukrainian troops on the Belarusian border, Ukraine talks about “disinformation operation” (war, day 859)
This Monday, Russia expressed concern about the alleged increase in the sending of soldiers, weapons and other military equipment by Kiev to Zhytomyr, a city in the northwest of the country not far from the border with Belarus. . The information was recently released by the Ministry of Defense in Minsk and led the Kremlin spokesman to state, at a press conference, that there was “reason for concern not Not only for Minsk, but also for Moscow.
Ukraine classified Dmitry Peskov’s statements as “a disinformation operation†. On Ukrainian state television, border guard spokesman Andriy Demchenko highlighted that “this is not the first time that Belarus has released information about Ukraine, [com a narrativa de] which is a threat and is getting stronger.”
The official also said that this is another action in the information war “led by Belarus and with support from Russia†. However, Andriy Demchenko acknowledged that the border with Belarus continues to be “dangerous†for Ukraine, which has “the necessary forces†deployed there to avoid provocations from the other side.
Belarus is Russia’s closest ally and shares strong historical, political and economic ties with it. On the eve of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, Minsk authorized the carrying out of military exercises on its territory along the Ukrainian border and, since then, has expressed its will often supported the “special military operation†launched by Moscow. Since last year, Minsk has received Russian tactical nuclear weapons with which it has been carrying out several military exercises.
In view of the supposed increase in Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Belarus, Dmitry Peskov recalled that that country forms part of a Union State together with Russia, based on the treaty signed in December 1999, and which determines collaboration the depth between the two. “Our Defense ministries are in permanent contact with each other,†he said.
Other news that marked the day:
â Russia bombed its own territory almost 40 times in a year, revealed an investigation published by ‘The Washington Post’. A document consulted by the North American newspaper, which was compiled by the emergency department in the city of Belgorod, on the border with Ukraine, reports 38 incidents between April 2023 and April 2024. The issue will be ¡ the malfunction of the navigation systems of glide bombs, military devices that have been widely used by Russia, due to their simplicity and low cost.
⇒ The President of Ukraine called on the West to relax target limits for Ukrainian forces, who have been systematically attacked with glide bombs in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. In the last week alone, Moscow dropped 800 of these bombs on Ukraine, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. “Ukraine needs the necessary means to destroy the carriers of these bombs, namely Russian combat aircraft, wherever they are. This step is essential,” he wrote in a post on social media.
⇒ Zelensky said the White House is “not yet prepared†to invite Ukraine to join NATO. In an interview with ‘The Philadelphia Inquirer’, the Ukrainian head of state commented on statements made by former US president Donald Trump, who recently suggested that Kiev’s proposed membership of the Atlantic Alliance Africa gave rise to the Russian invasion. “Unfortunately, this is the policy of one step forward, two steps back,†he lamented. Zelensky took the opportunity to ask his allies again for more Patriot systems, F-16 fighters “and the opportunity to use weapons [dentro da Rússia]â.
