Large-scale military exercises of the Russian Armed Forces (VSRF) and the
Belarus Armed Forces are being held. The military action of Russia and its
allies increases the threat to Ukraine, which lies very close to the south
of Belarus.
In a report quoted by CNN, an image obtained from satellite imagery shows a
number of the main weapons systems of the Russian military already on
standby at Luninets Air Base.
Some of them are the S-400 Triumf air defense missile system and the Sukhoi
Su-25 fighter jet.
Not only that, a number of units of tanks, armored fighting vehicles and
about 30 thousand Russian military personnel are also on alert for war on
Belarusian territory.
Despite being a very real threat, Ukraine does not consider the deployment
of Russian military forces in Belarus to be a high level of risk.
The Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, confirmed that a Russian
military attack from Belarus had the lowest level of risk.
With data obtained from intelligence and other undisclosed sources, Reznikov
believes the Ukrainian military could destroy Russian troops if they tried
to enter from Belarus.
"Attacks from the Belarus side have the lowest level of risk. We are
following closely the exercises that have started on the territory of the
Republic of Belarus, studying them with the help of intelligence and from
open sources," Reznikov said.
"Therefore, I can tell you with confidence. From today, such a concentration
of Russian troops for training in Belarus, they will not be sufficient to
carry out any offensive operations," he was quoted as saying by Belsat.
The Ukrainian military itself has prepared a number of defense equipment and
thousands of personnel in the Pripyat area, near the site of the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Plant. The area is approximately 632.8 kilometers from the
facilities of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, Belarus.
