As the battle in Ukraine approaches its second year, Belarus is preparing its weapons for combat.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus published a video of numerous vehicles hauling missiles on Telegram on Friday, stating that “one of the missile units is travelling to the specified region as part of battle preparedness procedures.”
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the “special military operation” on this day last year, Friday commemorated a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian forces have been stationed in Belarus, which has borders with both Russia and Ukraine, since the commencement of the conflict. However Belarusian forces have stayed clear of direct combat with Ukrainian forces.
On February 18, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that “Military Intelligence of Ukraine is monitoring the actions of Russian forces in the territory of Belarus around the clock and the attempts of the terrorist country to fully involve the Belarusians in the war against Ukraine.”
While speaking with ITV News in Britain, Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine said: “We see that Belarus seems to be supporting Russia, and at the same time is trying to refrain from joining the war by all possible means. We also see how much Russia is pressuring them.”
The Defense Intelligence update noted that the Belarusian military might be forced to follow the orders of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko “and may be involved in the invasion of Ukraine.”
